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Paragraph 1 Amendments to Part 1 (title and interpretation)

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(1)

Part 1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In rule 2 (interpretation) in paragraph (1)—

(a)

at the appropriate place, insert—

  • ““the 2015 Scheme” (“Cynllun 2015”) means the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) 2015 which was established by the 2015 Regulations;”;

  • ““extended limited period” (“cyfnod cyfyngedig estynedig”) means the period beginning on the date on which the person was first employed as a retained firefighter and ending on the earliest of—

    1. (a)

      the date, if applicable, on which that person joined this Scheme as a special member or as a standard member in respect of service which that person could otherwise reckon as special pensionable service,

    2. (b)

      the date, if applicable, on which that person ceased to be employed as a retained or a regular firefighter, and

    3. (c)

      31 March 2015;”;

  • ““special employment period” (“cyfnod cyflogaeth arbennig”) means the period beginning on 7 April 2000 and ending on 5 April 2006;”.

(b)

for the definition of “mandatory special period”, substitute—

  • ““mandatory special period” (“cyfnod arbennig gorfodol”) means—

    1. (a)

      in relation to service purchased following an application made under rule 5A of Part 11 (purchase of service during the limited period), that part of a person’s service during the limited period beginning on the date selected by that person before 6 April 2006 and ending on the earlier of—

      1. (i)

        the date on which the person joined this Scheme as a special member or as a standard member in respect of service which the person could otherwise reckon as special pensionable service, and

      2. (ii)

        the date, if applicable, on which the person was dismissed or retired from employment as a regular or retained firefighter;

    2. (b)

      in relation to service purchased following an application under rule 5B of Part 11 (purchase of service during the extended limited period), that part of a person’s service during the extended limited period beginning on the date selected by him before 6 April 2006 and ending on the last day of the extended limited period.”;

(c)

in the definition of “special membership”, after “special firefighter member,” insert “connected special member,”.