Article 1 Citation, interpretation, commencement and effect
This Order may be cited as the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008.
In this article “the Scheme” means the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) set out in the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) Order 2007f1.
This Order shall come into operation on 16th October 2008 but, subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), shall have effect from 6th April 2006.
The following provisions of the Schedule, and so much of article 2 as relates to those provisions, shall have effect from 1st October 2006—
paragraph 3(b),
paragraph 4(f), in so far as it relates to new article 17A of Part 3 of the Scheme (additional pension benefit: long service), and so much of new article 17C as relates to new article 17A, and
paragraph 9(iii).
The following provisions of the Schedule, and so much of article 2 relates to those provisions, shall have effect from 1st July 2007—
paragraph 4(f), in so far as it relates to new article 17B of Part 3 of the Scheme (additional pension benefit: continual professional development), and so much of new article 17C as relates to new article 17B, and
paragraph 9(a) and (b)(i).