{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-49.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2023/133",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-regulations-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "regulation/49",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "...Interpretation of Chapter 1",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“FPS IHR member” means a member entitled to an ill-health award under article 15 of the FPS;\n“NFPS IHR member” or NFPS IHR special member means a member entitled to an the relevant ill-health pension under article 12 of the NFPS;\n“2015 IHR member” means a member entitled to an ill-health pension under regulation 73 of the 2015 Regulations;\n“alternative scheme” means, in relation to—\n(a)a FPS IHR member , a NFPS IHR member or a NFPS IHR special member , the reformed scheme;\n(b)a 2015 IHR member, the member’s legacy scheme;\n“higher tier award” means, in relation to—\n(a)the FPS, an award determined in accordance with article 15(5)(b) of the FPS;\n(b)the NFPS, an award determined in accordance with article 12(3) of the NFPS;\n(c)the reformed scheme, an ill-health pension payable under regulation 73(2) of the 2015 Regulations\n“ill-health benefits” means benefits to which a FPS IHR member, a NFPS IHR member, a NFPS IHR special member or a 2015 Regulations IHR member is entitled ;\n“IQMP” has the same meaning given in regulation 3 of the 2015 Regulations;\n“lower tier award” means, in relation to—\n(a)the FPS, an award determined in accordance with article 15(5)(a) of the FPS;\n(b)the NFPS, an award determined in accordance with article 12(2) of the NFPS;\n(c)the reformed scheme, an ill-health pension payable under regulation 73(1) of the 2015 Regulations.\n“remediable ill-health benefits” means ill-health benefits payable in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 inserted (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(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 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(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 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(4)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 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(4)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 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(4)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 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(4)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 heading 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(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 49 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/133/regulation/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:31:03.724942+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}