# The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 65: Purchase of additional service

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person who satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (2) may, in accordance with this Chapter, purchase additional service for the purpose of securing increased benefits under this Scheme.
(2) The conditions are that the person—
(a) is a firefighter member of the Scheme;
(b) is not a pension credit member; and
(c) would be entitled to reckon less than 40 years’ pensionable service at normal retirement age.
(3) Additional service may be purchased as years or part of a year, but the aggregate of—
(a) the period purchased;
(b) the person’s pensionable service up to the date of the purchase; and
(c) his prospective service from that date to normal retirement age,
must not exceed 40 years.
(4) Additional service may be purchased—
(a) by payment of a lump sum calculated in accordance with tables provided by the Scheme Actuary; or
(b) subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), by deduction from the person’s pensionable pay of periodical contributions of such percentage of that pay as shall be determined by the Scheme Actuary.
(5) The Board may permit a person who is a part–time regular firefighter to purchase additional service by periodical contributions at a rate that bears to the percentage determined by the Scheme Actuary the same proportion as his pensionable pay bears to the pensionable pay of a full–time regular firefighter serving in the same role.
(6) The Board may permit a retained or volunteer firefighter to purchase additional service by periodical contributions; and in such a case it shall calculate the amount of the contributions by applying the rate determined by the Scheme Actuary to the firefighter’s reference pay.
(7) In the case of a special firefighter member—
(a) this article applies—
(i) in paragraph (2)(c) with the substitution of “30 years special pensionable service” for “40 years’ pensionable service”;
(ii) in paragraph (3) with the substitution of “special pensionable service” for “pensionable service” and“30 years” for “40 years”;
(b) in relation to paragraph (4)(a) the Scheme Actuary shall provide different tables for special members and in paragraph (4)(b) the determination by the Scheme Actuary shall take account of the purchase being made by a special member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/65 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-65
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