Regulation 17 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1I1
Northern Ireland
This Chapter applies in relation to—
a pension credit member (“C”),
the corresponding pension debit member (“D”), and
the pension sharing order by virtue of which C became a pension credit member in relation to D’s remediable service as a firefighter (the “relevant pension sharing order”).
In this Chapter—
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- (a)
- (b)
- (a)
“C” means the pension credit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(a);
“cash equivalent” means an amount calculated in accordance with regulations made under article 27 of WRP(NI)O 1999;
“corresponding pension debit member” means the remedy member referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “pension credit member”;
“D” means the corresponding debit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(b);
“pension credit member” means a member of a firefighters‘ pension scheme who has rights under the scheme—
- (a)
which are attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension creditf1;
- (b)
which arise by virtue of a pension sharing order with a transfer day on or after 1st April 2015, and
- (c)
the value of which was determined (to any extent) by reference to the value of benefits payable in respect of the remediable service as a firefighter of a remedy member;
- (a)
“pension sharing order” means the order or provision by virtue of which article 26 of WRP(NI)O 1999 applies in relation to a pension credit member and the corresponding pension debit member;
“relevant pension sharing order” has the meaning given in paragraph (1)(c);
“remediable relevant benefits” means the benefits or future benefits described in article 26(4) and (5) of WRP(NI)O 1999 to which D is entitled by virtue of remediable shareable rights;
“remediable shareable rights” means D’s shareable rights secured by virtue of D’s remediable service as a firefighter during the period beginning on 1st April 2015 and ending on the earlier of—
- (a)
the day before the F2transfer day , or
- (b)
the last day of D’s remediable service as a firefighter;
- (a)
“shareable rights” has the meaning given in article 24(2) of WRP(NI)O 1999;
“transfer day” means the day on which the relevant pension sharing order takes effect;
“valuation day” has the meaning given in article 26(7) of WRP(NI)O 1999.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 17(2) omitted (9.1.2025 with effect from 1.10.2023) by virtue of The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/218), regs. 1(1)(4), 6(3)(a)
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Words in reg. 17(2) substituted (9.1.2025 with effect from 1.10.2023) by The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/218), regs. 1(1)(4), 6(3)(b)
Commencement
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Reg. 17 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1
Footnotes
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See section 19(7) of the PSPJOA 2022 for the meanings of “pension debit” and “pension credit”.