# The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Wales) Regulations 2023, Regulation 53: M’s entitlement to ill-health benefits to be treated as equivalent in M’s alternative scheme

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies in relation to an immediate choice member (“M”) who, during the period beginning on 1 April 2015 and ending on 31 March 2022, was—
(a) a 2007 IHR member; or
(b) a 2015 IHR member.
(2) For the purposes of the PSPJOA 2022 and these Regulations, M is to be treated as meeting the requirements for an equivalent ill-health award in M’s alternative scheme.
(3) In paragraph (2), “equivalent ill-health award in M’s alternative scheme” means, where M is entitled to—
(a) a lower tier award under the 2007 scheme, a lower tier award under the 2015 scheme;
(b) a higher tier award under the 2007 scheme, a higher tier award under the 2015 scheme;
(c) a lower tier award under the 2015 scheme, and—
(i) M’s legacy scheme is the 1992 scheme, a lower tier award under that scheme;
(ii) M’s legacy scheme is the 2007 scheme, a lower tier award under that scheme;
(d) a higher tier award under the 2015 scheme, and—
(i) M’s legacy scheme is the 1992 scheme, a higher tier award under that scheme;
(ii) M’s legacy scheme is the 2007 scheme, a higher tier award under that scheme.
(4) No question relating to M’s entitlement to ill-health benefits that has been decided following a referral to an IQMP is to be re-opened by virtue of any provision of the PSPJOA 2022 or of these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/961/regulation/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pensions-remediable-service-wales-regulations-2023/regulation-53
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