# The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 58: Reckoning of unpaid period of absence

Extent: N.I.

(1) A firefighter member may reckon as pensionable service or as special pensionable service all or part of a period of absence without pay if he elects to pay the pension contributions that he and the Board would have paid in accordance with Parts 11 and 13 in respect of that period if it had been a period of absence with pay.
(2) An election under paragraph (1) is to be made by notice in writing given to the Board not later than six months from the end of the period of absence without pay for which contributions are due.
(3) The Board may pay the employer’s pension contributions that would otherwise fall to be paid by the employee as a result of his election.
(4) Contributions falling to be paid by the employee under this article must be paid within six months of the date on which the notice under paragraph (2) is given.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-58
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