{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-65C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-65C.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/215",
  "legislation_title": "The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/65C",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "65C",
  "heading": "Purchase of service during the extended limited period – supplemental provision",
  "text": "(1) This article applies for the purposes of determining a person’s service and pensionable pay during the extended limited period, and the person’s special pension contributions payable in respect of such service.\n(2) In relation to that part of a person’s service during the extended limited period which falls on or after 1st July 2000, the Board must determine that period of the person’s service and pensionable pay during that period in accordance with paragraphs (7) to (12) of article 65A, but for the purposes of this paragraph, references to “the limited period” in those paragraphs are to be read as if they were references to “the extended limited period”.\n(3) In relation to that part of a person’s service during the extended limited period before 1st July 2000, the Board must determine that period of the person’s service and pensionable pay during that period in accordance with paragraphs (4) to (9) of this article.\n(4) The Board may determine the period of the person’s service and pensionable pay during the extended limited period from their records.\n(5) Where the Board is not able to determine the period of the person’s service or pensionable pay during the extended limited period from their records, the person may provide the Board with documents to assist them to determine the person’s period of service and pensionable pay during the extended limited period and the Board may determine the period of the person’s service and pensionable pay from those documents.\n(6) The Board must determine the person’s period of pensionable service during the extended limited period, and, in particular, may determine that the person has no service during the extended limited period if the Board does not hold records of that person’s service for that period, and the person cannot provide the Board with the necessary documents.\n(7) Where the Board does not hold records of that person’s pay for that period, and the person cannot provide the Board with the necessary documents, the Board must—\n(a) determine the person’s pensionable pay for that period from the records which they hold and their local experience; or\n(b) apply the default assumption if a determination under sub-paragraph (a)—\n(i) is not possible, or\n(ii) is a determination that the person’s retained pensionable pay for the period was less than 25% of the pensionable pay of a whole-time regular firefighter employed in a similar role with equivalent qualifying service.\n(8) In paragraph (7), the default assumption is that the person’s retained pensionable pay for the period was equal to 25% of the pensionable pay of a whole-time regular firefighter employed in a similar role with equivalent qualifying service.\n(9) Where the Board estimates the person’s pensionable pay under paragraph (7) and does not hold records of that person’s rank, and the person cannot provide the Board with documents to assist them to determine the person’s rank, the Board may assume that the person held the rank of firefighter for the purposes of estimating pensionable pay.\n(10) The Board must calculate the amount of the special pension contributions payable in respect of special pensionable service during the extended limited period by applying a rate determined by the Scheme Actuary having regard to the rate required by paragraph (1A) of article 63 (pension contributions) for the appropriate period for the person’s pensionable pay.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex Scheme arts. 65B, 65C inserted (31.10.2023) by The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/178), reg. 1, Sch. para. 6(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/65C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:41:07.019942+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}