{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2015/schedule/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2015/schedule/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/9",
  "legislation_title": "The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 1 (ill health pensions)",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 after paragraph 3 add—\n“4. Where a special deferred member or a special pensioner member is entitled to a retrospective award on ill-health retirement, paragraph 2 shall apply with the substitution of “45” for “60”, “30” for “40” and “special pensionable service” for “pensionable service”.\n5. (1) Where the person entitled to a lower tier ill-health pension or a higher tier ill-health pension is a special member, who is not also a standard member, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply with the substitution of “45” for “60”, “30” for “40” and “special pensionable service” for “pensionable service”.\n(2) Where a person to whom sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph applies is a retained firefighter, sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1 shall apply with the insertion after “actual annual pensionable pay” of “during his special pensionable service”.\n6. In the case of a person who joined this Scheme as a special pensioner member or a special deferred member his final pensionable pay is the amount determined by the Board and set out in the notice given under article 65A(13) of Part 11.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/9/schedule/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:04:23.613422+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."
}