Paragraph 4D Special membership of this Scheme after the transition dateF1

(1)

In the case of a special member of this Scheme to whom article 4B applies—

(a)

if that person (S) was a special firefighter member of this Scheme who joins the 2015 Scheme immediately after article 4B applied to S, or who had joined this Scheme as a special member on or after the date on which article 4B applied to S, S is a connected special member of this Scheme in respect of the membership to which paragraph (2) applies;

(b)

if that person (D) was a special firefighter member of this Scheme who joins the 2015 Scheme with a gap in pensionable service after article 4B applied to D, or who had joined this Scheme as a special member with a gap in pensionable service after the date on which article 4B applied to D, D is a special deferred member of this Scheme in respect of the membership to which paragraph (2) applies;

(c)

if S opts out of pensionable service in the 2015 Scheme or leaves scheme employment under the 2015 Scheme before reaching normal retirement age, S is a special deferred member of this Scheme.

(2)

This paragraph applies in relation to the active member’s account of the 2015 Scheme to which the qualifying service of the membership of this Scheme was added for the purposes of regulation 66 (qualifying service) of the 2015 Regulations or, if the entries from the account were transferred to another active member’s account under regulation 157 (transfer of pension account entries) of those Regulations, to that member’s account.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Annex Scheme arts. 4B-4E inserted (retrospective to 1.4.2015) by The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/420), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(a)