{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-scotland-regulations-2023/regulation-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-scotland-regulations-2023/regulation-49.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2023/242",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-scotland-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/49",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "... Interpretation of Chapter 1",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“1992 IHR member” means a member entitled to an ill-health award under rule B3 of Schedule 2 of the 1992 Order;\n“2007 IHR member” means a member entitled to an ill-health pension under rule 2 of Part 3 of schedule 1 of the 2007 Order;\n“2015 IHR member” means a member entitled to an ill-health pension under regulation 65 of the 2015 Regulations;\n“alternative scheme” means in relation to—\n(a)a 1992 IHR member or a 2007 IHR member, the reformed scheme; and\n(b)a 2015 IHR member, the legacy scheme.\n“higher tier award” means, in relation to—\n(a)the 1992 scheme, an award determined in accordance with rule B3(5)(b) of Schedule 2 of the 1992 Order;\n(b)the 2007 scheme, an award determined in accordance with rule 2(4) of Part 3 of schedule 1 of the 2007 Order;\n(c)the reformed scheme, an ill-health pension payable under regulation 65(2) of the 2015 Regulations;\n“authority” has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the 2015 Regulations;\n“ill-health benefits” means benefits to which a 1992 IHR member, a 2007 IHR member or a 2015 IHR member is entitled;\n“IQMP” has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the 2015 Regulations;\n“lower tier award” means, in relation to—\n(a)the 1992 scheme, an award determined in accordance with rule B3(5)(a) of schedule 2 of the 1992 Order;\n(b)the 2007 scheme, an award determined in accordance with rule 2(2) of Part 3 of schedule 1 of the 2007 Order;\n(c)the reformed scheme, an ill-health pension payable under regulation 65(1) of the 2015 Regulations;\n“remediable ill-health benefits” means ill-health benefits payable in relation to the member’s remediable service as a firefighter.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49(1) substituted (3.10.2025) by The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/187), regs. 1(2), 2(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49(1) substituted (23.6.2025 with effect from 1.10.2023) by The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/113), regs. 1(2), 2(12)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 heading omitted (23.6.2025 with effect from 1.10.2023) by virtue of The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/113), regs. 1(2), 2(12)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 49 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation B3 was amended by S.S.I. 2006/342, S.S.I. 2007/200, S.S.I. 2010/332, 2015/141 and S.S.I. 2018/216."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/242/regulation/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:44:10.929580+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."
}