The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/871
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2015.

Section 2 Amendment of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014

(1) The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation) in the appropriate places insert—

“deferred member of the 1992 Scheme” means a person who is entitled to a deferred pension under rule B5 of the 1992 Scheme;

“deferred member of the NFPS” has the meaning given in rule 2(1) of Part 1 of the NFPS;

“equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension” has the meaning given in regulation 65(5) (entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and higher tier ill-health pension);

(3) In regulation 65 (entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and higher tier ill-health pension), in paragraph (4) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

(b) if paragraph 24 applies in relation to A, A is also entitled to an amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension that would, if the member were entitled to payment of a lower tier ill-health pension under rule B3 (ill health awards) of the 1992 Scheme, be payable to the member under the 1992 Scheme.

(4) In paragraph 35 of Schedule 2 (transitional provisions), for “paragraph 35” substitute “paragraph 34”.