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Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(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—

    1. (a)

      an opted-out service election in accordance with regulation 6(2)(b);

    2. (b)

      an immediate choice decision in accordance with regulation 8(2)(b);

    3. (c)

      a deferred choice decision in accordance with regulation 12(2)(b).

  • “surviving partner” has the meaning given in regulation 84 of the 2015 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.

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. para. 1 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1