# The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 9: Amendment of regulation 65


In regulation 65 (entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and to higher tier ill-health pension), for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) Where an active member (A) is entitled to a lower tier ill-health pension and paragraph 22 (transition member who has not reached normal pension age under the NFPS) or paragraph 24 (transition member who has not reached normal pension age under the 1992 Scheme) of Schedule 2 to these Regulations applies in relation to A—
(a) if paragraph 22 applies in relation to A, A is also entitled to an amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension that would, if the member were entitled to payment of a lower tier ill-health pension under rule 2(2) of the NFPS, be payable to the member under the NFPS;
(b) if paragraph 24 applies in relation to A, A is also entitled to an amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension that would, if the member were entitled to payment of a lower tier ill-health pension under rule B3 (ill health awards) of the 1992 Scheme, be payable to the member under the 1992 Scheme.
(4) In these Regulations—
(a) the amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) is referred to as the “equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension”;
(b) the amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3) is referred to as the “equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension”.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/141/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-9
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