Legislation – The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
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PART 7Provision about special cases
CHAPTER 1Ill-health retirement
F1…Interpretation of Chapter 1
49.
In this Chapter—
“FPS IHR member” means a member entitled to an ill-health award under article 15 of the FPS;
“2015 IHR member” means a member entitled to an ill-health pension under regulation 73 of the 2015 Regulations;
“alternative scheme” means, in relation to—
(a)
a FPS IHR member F4, a NFPS IHR member or a NFPS IHR special member , the reformed scheme;
(b)
a 2015 IHR member, the member’s legacy scheme;
“higher tier award” means, in relation to—
(a)
the FPS, an award determined in accordance with article 15(5)(b) of the FPS;
(b)
the NFPS, an award determined in accordance with article F512(3) of the NFPS;
(c)
the reformed scheme, an ill-health pension payable under regulation 73(2) of the 2015 Regulations
“ill-health benefits” means benefits F6to which a FPS IHR member, a NFPS IHR member, a NFPS IHR special member or a 2015 Regulations IHR member is entitled ;
“IQMP” has the same meaning given in regulation 3 of the 2015 Regulations;
“lower tier award” means, in relation to—
(a)
the FPS, an award determined in accordance with article 15(5)(a) of the FPS;
(b)
the NFPS, an award determined in accordance with article F712(2) of the NFPS;
(c)
the reformed scheme, an ill-health pension payable under regulation 73(1) of the 2015 Regulations.
“remediable ill-health benefits” means ill-health benefits payable in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter.