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Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

Scotland

(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 following the death of a member of that scheme;

  • “election” means an opted-out service election, an F1immediate choice decision or a F2deferred choice decision;

  • “eligible decision-maker” means the person who may make—

    1. (a)

      an opted-out service election as mentioned in F3regulation 6(2)(b);

    2. (b)

      an F4immediate choice decision as mentioned in F5regulation 8(2)(b);

    3. (c)

      a deferred choice F6... decision as mentioned in F7regulation 12(2)(b).

  • F8...

(2)

In this schedule, a reference to—

(a)

a beneficiary F9is 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)

a surviving adult is a reference to a surviving adult in relation to M.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in sch. para. 1(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(17)(a)(i)

F2

Words in sch. para. 1(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(11)(a)(i)

F3

Words in sch. para. 1(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(17)(a)(iii)(aa)

F4

Words in sch. para. 1(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(11)(a)(ii)(aa)

F5

Words in sch. para. 1(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(17)(a)(iii)(bb)

F6

Word in sch. para. 1(1) omitted (3.10.2025) by virtue of The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/187), regs. 1(2), 2(11)(a)(ii)(bb)

F7

Words in sch. para. 1(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(17)(a)(iii)(cc)

F8

Words in sch. para. 1(1) omitted (3.10.2025) by virtue of The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/187), regs. 1(2), 2(11)(a)(iii)

F9

Word in sch. para. 1(2)(a) 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(11)(b)

Commencement

I1

Sch. para. 1 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(b)