{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-wales-regulations-2023/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-wales-regulations-2023/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2023/961",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Wales) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-wales-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Deferred choice decision: deemed decision",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) the end of the relevant section 10 election period in relation to M has passed, and\n(b) no deferred choice decision has been communicated,\na deferred choice decision is treated as having been made immediately before the end of the relevant section 10 election period.\n(2) In cases where M is not deceased, the deferred choice decision in paragraph (1) is that no section 10 election is made and the benefits payable in relation to M’s remediable service are legacy scheme benefits.\n(3) In cases where M is deceased, the deferred choice decision in paragraph (1) is that a section 10 election is made and the benefits payable in relation to M’s remediable service are 2015 scheme benefits.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/961/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:03:14.591814+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."
}