# The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 42: Interpretation of Part

Extent: N.I.

In this Part—
“the 1996 Act” means the Reserve Forces 1996;
“forces period” means the period during which a person undertakes relevant service in the reserve forces;
“qualifying injury” means an injury, received by a person in the performance of his duties as a firefighter, which is not wholly or mainly due to his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct;
“relevant service in the reserve forces” means service in the forces specified in section 1(2) of the 1996 Act—
(a)in pursuance of a training obligation under Part 3 of that Act; or
(b)by virtue of a call out for permanent service or a recall under the Reserve Forces Act 1980 or Part 7 of the 1996 Act; and
“reservist” means a person who, immediately before a forces period, was a firefighter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-42
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