{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-36C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-36C.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/36C",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "36C",
  "heading": "Missed pension lump sum grant and survivor’s missed pension lump sum grant: restrictions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a missed pension lump sum grant or a survivor’s missed pension lump sum grant is not payable to a person who is convicted of the murder of the deceased.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (4), where a person is convicted of the manslaughter of the deceased, the Board may, as it thinks fit, withhold the missed pension lump sum grant or the survivor’s missed pension lump sum grant—\n(a) in whole or in part; and\n(b) permanently or temporarily.\n(3) Where a conviction of the description mentioned in paragraph (1) is quashed on appeal, the missed pension lump sum grant or the survivor’s missed pension lump sum grant is payable.\n(4) Where a conviction of the description mentioned in paragraph (2) is quashed on appeal, the missed pension lump sum grant or the survivor’s missed pension lump sum grant is payable in full, less any partial payment that has already been made.\n(5) Nothing in paragraph (3) or (4) affects the application of paragraph (1) or (2) if the person whose conviction is quashed is subsequently convicted of the murder or manslaughter of the deceased.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex Scheme arts. 36A-36C inserted (1.9.2026) by The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/150), art. 1, Sch. para. 3(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/36C",
    "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."
}