{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-53.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/53",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Protection of the amount of pension payable to an eligible child",
  "text": "(1) This regulation apples where—\n(a) immediately before 1st October 2023, benefits are in payment to an eligible child (“E”) in respect of the remediable service as a firefighter of a deceased member,\n(b) there is a surviving partner (“S”) within the meaning of paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule in relation to the deceased member,\n(c) S does not have parental responsibility for E, and\n(d) S makes an immediate choice decision which would (disregarding this regulation) result in a decrease in the amount of benefits payable to E in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter.\n(2) Where this regulation applies—\n(a) E does not owe the scheme manager a liability under section 14(3) of PSPJOA 2022 in respect of benefits received in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter, and\n(b) the amount of benefits payable continues to be the amount that was payable before the election was made.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 53 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/53",
    "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."
}