# The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Wales) Regulations 2023, Regulation 20: Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

Extent: E+W

(1) This Chapter applies in relation to—
(a) a pension credit member (“C”),
(b) the corresponding pension debit member (“D”), and
(c) the pension sharing order by virtue of which C became a pension credit member in relation to D’s remediable service (the “relevant pension sharing order”).
(2) In this Chapter—
“appropriate person” (“person priodol”) means—
(a) D, or
(b) where D is deceased, D’s personal representatives;
“C” (“C”) means the pension credit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(a);
“cash equivalent” (“cyfwerth ariannol”) means an amount calculated in accordance with regulations made under section 30 of WRPA 1999;
“corresponding pension debit member” (“aelod â debyd pensiwn cyfatebol”) means the member referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “pension credit member”;
“D” (“D”) means the corresponding pension debit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(b);
“pension credit member” (“aelod â chredyd pensiwn”) means a member of a firefighters’ pension scheme who has rights under the scheme—
(a) which are attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension credit,
(b) which arise by virtue of a pension sharing order with a transfer day on or after 1 April 2015, and
(c) the value of which was determined (to any extent) by reference to the value of benefits payable in respect of the remediable service of another member;
“pension sharing order” (“gorchymyn rhannu pensiwn”) means the order or provision by virtue of which section 29 of WRPA 1999 applies in relation to a pension credit member and the corresponding pension debit member;
“relevant pension sharing order” (“gorchymyn rhannu pensiwn perthnasol”) has the meaning given in paragraph (1)(c);
“remediable relevant benefits” (“buddion perthnasol rhwymedïol”) means the benefits or future benefits described in section 29(4) and (5) of WRPA 1999 to which D is entitled by virtue of remediable shareable rights;
“remediable shareable rights” (“hawliau rhanadwy rhwymedïol”) means D’s shareable rights secured by virtue of D’s remediable service during the period beginning on 1 April 2015 and ending on the earlier of—
(a) the day before the transfer date, or
(b) the last day of D’s remediable service;
“shareable rights” (“hawliau rhanadwy”) has the meaning given in section 27(2) of WRPA 1999;
“transfer day” (“diwrnod trosglwyddo”) means the day on which the relevant pension sharing order takes effect;
“valuation day” (“diwrnod prisio”) has the meaning given in section 29(7) of WRPA 1999.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/961/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-wales-regulations-2023/regulation-20
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