Legislation – The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
PART 4Provision about divorce and dissolution arrangements
CHAPTER 1Pension credit and pension debit members
SECTION 1Application and interpretation of Chapter 1
Application and interpretation of Chapter 1
17.
(1)
This Chapter applies in relation to—
(a)
a pension credit member (“C”),
(b)
the corresponding pension debit member (“D”), and
(c)
the pension sharing agreement or pension sharing order by virtue of which C became a pension credit member in relation to D’s remediable service as a firefighter (the “relevant pension sharing arrangement”).
(2)
In this Chapter—
“appropriate person” means—
(a)
D, or
(b)
where D is deceased, D’s personal representatives;
“C” means the pension credit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(a);
“corresponding pension debit member” means the member referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “pension credit member”;
“D” means the corresponding debit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(b);
“pension credit member” means a member of a firefighters‘ pension scheme who has rights under the scheme—
(a)
(b)
which arise by virtue of a pension sharing arrangement with a transfer day on or after 1 April 2015, and
(c)
the value of which was determined (to any extent) by reference to the value of benefits payable in respect of the remediable service as a firefighter of another member;
“pension sharing agreement” means an agreement to which section 28 of WRPA 1999 applies in relation to a pension credit member and the corresponding pension debit member;
“pension sharing order” means the order or provision by virtue of which section 29 of WRPA 1999 applies in relation to a pension credit member and the corresponding pension debit member;
“relevant pension sharing arrangement” has the meaning given in paragraph (1)(c);
“remediable relevant benefits” means the benefits or future benefits described in section 29(4) and (5) of WRPA 1999 to which D is entitled by virtue of remediable shareable rights;
“” means D’s shareable rights secured by virtue of D’s remediable service as a firefighter during the period beginning on 1 April 2015 and ending on the earlier of—
(a)
the day before the transfer date, or
(b)
the last day of D’s remediable service as a firefighter;
“” has the meaning given in section 27(2) of WRPA 1999;
“transfer day” means the day on which the relevant pension sharing arrangement takes effect;
“valuation day” has the meaning given in section 29(7) of WRPA 1999.