Paragraph 1

in article 4 (scheme membership), for paragraph (2A) substitute—

“(2A)

Where a person who—

(a)

having taken up employment as a firefighter before 6th April 2006;

(b)

having continued in such employment until his automatic enrolment date;

(c)

having made an election not to pay pension contributions under the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 or not being eligible to be a member of the Firefighters’s Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007; and

(d)

having not otherwise elected to become a member of this Scheme,

is automatically enrolled in this Scheme, that enrolment shall constitute an election to become a firefighter member of this Scheme.”.

in article 8 (election not to make pension contributions) the paragraph numbered (1A) immediately before paragraph (2) shall be re-numbered (1B)^f1.