# The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 70: Effect of purchasing additional service by lump sum payment

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a period of additional service has been purchased by way of a lump sum payment, the firefighter member’s pensionable service or special pensionable service shall be increased by that period as regards any award payable to him under this Scheme.
(2) A period of additional service purchased by way of a lump sum payment shall not be treated as part of the pensionable service or special pensionable service on which the amount of any higher tier ill-health pension is calculated under article 12.
(3) If the firefighter member takes member-initiated early retirement the period of additional service shall be part of the total to which the actuarial reduction is applied under article 15.
(4) If the firefighter member takes Board-initiated early retirement, the period of additional service shall be part of the pensionable service on which the pension is calculated under article 16.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/70 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-70
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