# The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 1: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Schedule—
“beneficiary” means a person who has become entitled to receive any death benefit;
“child”, except in the term “eligible child”, means a person under the age of 18;
“death benefit” means a benefit payable under a firefighters’ pension scheme in relation to a member of that scheme who has died;
“election” means an opted-out service election, an immediate choice decision or a deferred choice decision;
“eligible decision-maker” means the person who may make—
(a)an opted-out service election in accordance with regulation 6(2)(b);
(b)an immediate choice decision in accordance with regulation 8(2)(b);
(c)a deferred choice decision in accordance with regulation 12(2)(b);
“surviving partner” has the meaning given in regulation 76 of the 2014 Regulations.
(2) In this Schedule, a reference to—
(a) a beneficiary is a reference to—
(i) a person who is a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter, or
(ii) where the benefits in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter are legacy scheme benefits, a person who would be a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter if the benefits in relation to that service were reformed scheme benefits;
(b) an eligible child is a reference to an eligible child of M;
(c) M is a reference to the remedy member in respect of whose remediable service as a firefighter an election may be made;
(d) a surviving partner is a reference to a surviving partner in relation to M.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/843/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-regulations-2023/schedule/paragraph-1
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