# The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 59: Reckoning of maternity, paternity , parental bereavement and adoption leave, etc

Extent: N.I.

(1) A female firefighter member is entitled to reckon as pensionable service any period of—
(a) paid maternity leave;
(b) unpaid ordinary maternity leave; and
(c) unpaid maternity leave in respect of which she has paid pension contributions in accordance with article 64.
(2) A firefighter member is entitled to reckon as pensionable service any period of—
(a) paternity leave;
(aa) parental bereavement leave;
(b) ordinary adoption leave;
(c) paid additional adoption leave; and
(d) unpaid additional adoption leave in respect of which he has paid pension contributions in accordance with article 64.
(3) Where there is a period of pensionable service both before and after a period of maternity or adoption leave in respect of which a person is entitled to pay pension contributions but does not do so, those periods shall be treated for the purposes of this Scheme as if they were continuous.
(4) If the firefighter member was a special firefighter member immediately before any period which he is entitled to reckon under this article, he is entitled to reckon that period as special pensionable service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-59
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