{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/215",
  "legislation_title": "The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Pension on Board-initiated early retirement",
  "text": "(1) The Board may, having regard to—\n(a) the economical, effective and efficient management of its functions; and\n(b) the costs likely to be incurred in the particular case,\ndetermine that a firefighter member who is aged 55 but under normal retirement age should be retired from the Board’s employment .\n(2) The pension of a person in respect of whom a determination is made under paragraph (1) shall be calculated in accordance with article 11.\n(3) This article does not apply to a firefighter member who is a special firefighter member.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Scheme Pt. 3 art. 16(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending Rule) by The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/381), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Annex Scheme art. 16(3) added (1.4.2015) by The New Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/9), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 3(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Annex Scheme art. 16(4) omitted (9.1.2025) by virtue of The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/218), regs. 1(1), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "ANNEX Scheme art. 16 in operation at 30.3.2007 (with effect in accordance with art. 2(1)), see art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:41:07.019942+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."
}