{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-97.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/97",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Pensions under more than one contract",
  "text": "(1) Where a person is a member of this Scheme in respect of more than one contract of employment, each employment shall be treated separately for pension purposes.\n(2) Where a person is, or is eligible to be, a special member of this Scheme in respect of more than one contract of employment the person may elect to treat those employments as one employment.\n(3) An election under paragraph (2) shall be made by giving notice in writing to the Board and shall be given at the same time as the application under article 65A(5) (purchase of service during the limited period) or article 65B(9) (purchase of service during the extended limited period) of Part 11.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex Scheme art. 97(1): art. 97 renumbered as art. 97(1) (retrospective and with effect in accordance with art. 1(3)(e) of the amending Rule) by The New Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/9), art. 1(3)(e), Sch. para. 11(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Annex Scheme art. 97(2)(3) added (retrospective and with effect in accordance with art. 1(3)(e) of the amending Rule) by The New Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/9), art. 1(3)(e), Sch. para. 11(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex Scheme art. 97(3) inserted (31.10.2023) by The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/178), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "ANNEX Scheme art. 97 in operation at 30.3.2007 (with effect in accordance with art. 2(1)), see art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/97",
    "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."
}