UK Statutory Instrument SI 2014/2848 United Kingdom

The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014

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In Force
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Regulated

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s.062 Employer initiated retirement Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Fire authority must determine pension without early reduction for business efficiency dismissalsLocal authority
s.069 Consequences of review Regulated
  • Employers must offer reinstatement and notify members when ill-health pension endsEmployer
s.117 Employer contributions Regulated
  • Pay employer contributions on active members' pensionable earningsEmployer
s.120 Employer additional contribution: employer initiated retirement Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Pay extra contribution when retiring firefighter early without reductionLocal authority
193 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Establishment of Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2015
s.003 Interpretation
s.004 Scheme manager
s.004 Local pension boards: establishment
s.004 Local pension boards: membership
s.004 Local pension boards: conflict of interest
s.004 Local pension boards: guidance
s.004 Scheme advisory board: establishment
s.004 Scheme advisory board: membership
s.004 Scheme advisory board: conflict of interest
s.004 Scheme advisory board: funding
s.005 Delegation
s.006 Scheme employment
s.007 Eligible persons
s.008 Service in two or more scheme employments
s.009 Application of Chapter
s.010 Interpretation of Chapter
s.011 Automatic enrolment
s.012 Opting into this scheme
s.013 Automatic re-enrolment
s.014 Opting out of this scheme
s.015 Opting out before the end of the first three months
s.016 Opting out after the first three months
s.017 Pensionable pay
s.018 Meaning of “assumed pensionable pay”
s.019 Active membership
s.020 Deferred membership
s.021 Pension credit member
s.022 Description of pension
s.023 Calculation of amount of accrued pension for purpose of deferment or retirement
s.024 Calculation of “retirement index adjustment”
s.025 Calculation of “retirement PIA index adjustment”
s.026 Determination of “the age addition”
s.027 Determination of “the assumed age addition”
s.028 Establishment of pension accounts: general
s.029 Closure and adjustment of pension accounts on transfer out or repayment of balance of contributions
s.030 Application of Chapter
s.031 Establishment of active member’s account
s.032 Receipt of a transfer value payment
s.033 Receipt of a club transfer value payment
s.034 Amount of pension for a scheme year
s.035 Opening balance, index adjustment and age addition
s.036 Ill-health award ceases to be payable
s.037 Closure and re-establishment of active member’s account
s.038 Establishment of added pension account
s.039 Account to specify amount of added pension
s.040 Account to specify opening balance and PIA index adjustment
s.041 Closure and transfer of added pension account
s.042 Ill-health pension ceases to be payable
s.043 Application of chapter
s.044 Establishment of deferred member’s account
s.045 Provisional amount of deferred pension
s.046 Retirement amount of deferred pension
s.047 Adjustment of account after early payment of deferred pension ceases
s.048 Account established after ill-health award ceases to be payable
s.049 Closure of deferred member’s account after gap in pensionable service not exceeding five years
s.050 Establishment of retirement account and other adjustments
s.051 Account to specify amount of retirement pension (active members)
s.052 Establishment of survivor member’s account
s.053 Amount of pension payable to survivor member
s.054 Establishment of pension credit member’s account
s.055 Other pension accounts
s.056 Application of Part
s.057 Qualifying service
s.058 Entitlement to retirement pension
s.059 Annual rate of retirement pension (active members)
s.060 Annual rate of retirement pension (deferred members)
s.061 Early payment reduction
s.063 Exercise of partial retirement option
s.064 Annual rate of retirement pension after exercise of partial retirement option
s.065 Entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and higher tier ill-health pension
s.066 Annual rate of ill-health awards
s.067 Early payment of retirement pension to deferred member
s.068 Review of ill-health award or early payment of retirement pension
s.070 Commencement of pensions
s.071 Option to commute part of pension
s.071 Option to commute part of an equivalent amount
s.072 Allocation election
s.073 Making an allocation election
s.074 Effect of allocation
s.075 Adjustment of allocated benefit
s.076 Meaning of “surviving partner”
s.077 Meaning of “initial period”
s.078 Surviving partner’s pension payable on death of active member
s.079 Surviving partner’s pension payable on death of deferred member
s.080 Surviving partner’s pension payable on death of pensioner member
s.081 Bereavement pension: surviving partner
s.082 Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparity
s.083 Survivor’s guaranteed minimum pensions
s.084 Eligible child’s pension
s.085 Meaning of “eligible child”
s.086 Eligible child’s pension on death of active member
s.087 Eligible child’s pension payable on death of deferred member
s.088 Eligible child’s pension payable on death of pensioner member
s.089 Specified proportion
s.090 Increase in eligible child’s pension where there is no surviving partner
s.091 Increase in eligible child’s pension where member was pension debit member
s.092 Bereavement pension: eligible child
s.093 Meaning of “final pay”
s.094 Meaning of “annualised final pay”
s.095 Person to whom lump sum death benefit payable
s.096 Lump sum payable on death of active member
s.097 Lump sum payable on death of pensioner member
s.098 Lump sum payable on death in certain cases
s.099 Lump sum payable on death of pension credit member
s.100 Payment of pensions under this Part
s.101 Surviving partner’s pensions and eligible child’s pensions: suspension and recovery
s.102 Provisional awards of eligible child’s pensions: later adjustments
s.103 Adjustment of eligible child’s awards consequent on re-instatement of pension benefits
s.104 Adjustment of benefits to comply with FA 2004 where members die over 75
s.105 Entitlement to pension credit members’ pension
s.106 Annual rate of pension credit member’s pension
s.107 Reduction in pension debit member’s benefits
s.108 Pension credit member’s rights
s.109 Commutation of part of pension
s.110 Member contributions
s.111 Contributions during absence from work due to illness, injury, trade dispute or authorised absence
s.112 Contributions during absence from work on reserve forces service leave
s.113 Contributions during child-related leave
s.114 Deduction and payment of contributions
s.115 Schedule 1 (payments for added pension)
s.116 Refund of all member contributions and payments for extra pension made by member
s.118 Employer additional contribution: ill-health award
s.119 Refund of employer additional contribution for ill health award following review
s.121 Interpretation of Part
s.122 Establishment of Firefighters’ Pension Fund
s.123 Payments into the Firefighters’ Pension Fund
s.124 Payments to be made from the Firefighters’ Pension Fund
s.125 Information to be provided to the Secretary of State
s.126 Estimated deficits
s.127 Estimated surpluses
s.128 Actual deficits
s.129 Actual surpluses
s.130 Duty to provide information
s.131 Application of Part
s.132 Interpretation in relation to Part
s.133 Transfer payments made to other schemes or pension arrangements
s.134 Application for a statement of entitlement
s.135 Statement of entitlement
s.136 Request for transfer payment to be made
s.137 Calculating the amount of a transfer value or club transfer value
s.138 Effect of transfers-out
s.139 Application of Chapter
s.140 Interpretation of Chapter
s.141 Request for acceptance of a transfer payment
s.142 Transfer statement
s.143 Amount of transferred pension
s.144 Club transfer value statement
s.145 Amount of club transfer earned pension
s.146 Requirement for scheme manager to provide a certificate
s.147 Request to confirm details on certificate
s.148 Appeal concerning entries on the certificate
s.149 Transfer of pension account entries
s.150 Appointment of scheme actuary and actuarial valuations
s.150 Employer cost cap
s.151 Determinations by the scheme manager
s.152 Role of IQMP in determinations by the scheme manager
s.153 Review of medical opinion
s.154 Appeals against determinations based on medical evidence
s.155 Notice of appeal
s.156 Reference of appeal to the board
s.157 Procedure where appeal to be pursued
s.158 The board’s report
s.159 Reconsideration by the board
s.160 Fees and allowances payable to the board
s.161 Expenses of each party
s.162 Notices etc
s.163 Appeals on other issues
s.164 Late payment of retirement index adjustment
s.165 Recovery of overpayment of benefits
s.166 Guaranteed minimum pension
s.167 Commutation of small pensions
s.168 Payments for persons incapable of managing their affairs
s.169 Payments due in respect of deceased persons
s.170 Limitation on assignment of benefits
s.171 Forfeiture: offences committed by members, surviving partners or eligible children
s.172 Forfeiture of pensions: offences committed by other persons
s.173 Forfeiture of lump sum death benefit: offences committed by other persons
s.174 Forfeiture: relevant monetary obligations and relevant monetary losses
s.175 Set-off
s.176 Forfeiture and set-off: procedure
s.177 Scheme administrator for the purposes of the Finance Act 2004
s.178 Payment on behalf of members of lifetime allowance charge
s.179 Reduction of benefits where lifetime allowance charge payable
s.180 Information about payment of annual allowance charge
s.181 Reduction of benefits where annual allowance charge paid by scheme manager
s.182 Calculation of periods of membership and service
s.183 Annual benefit information statements
s.184 Evidence of entitlement
s.185 Information to be provided to a member before reserve forces service leave
s.186 Transitional provisions
s.187 Duty to have regard to guidance
Schedules

Schedules

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60 other schedules
s.sch001 Interpretation
s.sch001 Periodical payments during periods of assumed pensionable pay
s.sch001 Amount of added pension for a scheme year
s.sch001 Application of Chapter
s.sch001 Member’s election to make a lump sum payment for added pension
s.sch001 Amount of added pension to be credited to added pension account
s.sch001 Meaning of “overall limit of extra pension”
s.sch001 Limit on elections
s.sch001 Amount of accrued added pension may not exceed overall limit of extra pension
s.sch001 Added pension election exercisable by member
s.sch001 Application of Chapter
s.sch001 Member’s election to make periodical payments for added pension
s.sch001 Periodical payments
s.sch001 Discontinuance of periodical payments
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch002 Exception for full protection member during protection period
s.sch002 Full protection member not eligible to join this scheme
s.sch002 Full protection: members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS on scheme closing date
s.sch002 Full protection: members of an existing scheme
s.sch002 Full protection: members of an existing public body pension scheme
s.sch002 Tapered protection members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS
s.sch002 Exception for tapered protection members during protection period
s.sch002 Tapered protection member not eligible to join this scheme
s.sch002 Tapered protection: members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS on scheme closing date
s.sch002 Tapered protection: members of an existing scheme
s.sch002 Meaning of “continuity of service”
s.sch002 Tapered protection: members of an existing public body pension scheme
s.sch002 Tapered protection members of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme
s.sch002 Transition member who has not reached normal pension age under the NFPS
s.sch002 Transition member who reaches normal pension age under the NFPS
s.sch002 Transition member who has not reached normal pension age under the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Transition member who reaches normal pension age under the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Annual rate of pensions for surviving partners payable under this scheme when certain transition members die in service with accrued benefits in the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Annual rate of pensions payable to an eligible child under this scheme when a transition member dies in service with accrued benefits in the NFPS
s.sch002 Annual rate of pensions payable to an eligible child under this scheme when a transition member dies in service with accrued benefits in the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Amount of lump sum death benefit payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service with accrued benefits in the NFPS
s.sch002 Meaning of “tapered protection closing date”
s.sch002 Amount of lump sum death benefit payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service with accrued benefits in the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Pensionable service under the NFPS
s.sch002 Final salary of certain transition members for any purposes of the NFPS
s.sch002 Final salary of certain transition members for any purposes of the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Continuous pensionable service under the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Deferred member of the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Deferred member of the NFPS
s.sch002 Authority determines the entitlement of a member of the NFPS to an ill-health award
s.sch002 Authority determines the entitlement of a member of the 1992 Scheme to an ill- health award
s.sch002 Repayment of contributions under the NFPS
s.sch002 Meaning of “eligible to be an active member” of the NFPS
s.sch002 Qualifying for retirement benefits under the NFPS
s.sch002 Qualifying for retirement benefits under the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Final salary link not to apply again to a pension in payment under the NFPS
s.sch002 Final salary link not to apply again to a pension in payment under the 1992 Scheme
s.sch002 Meaning of “final salary benefit”
s.sch002 Acceptance of club transfer value payments
s.sch002 Member of this scheme or the NFPS
s.sch002 Meaning of “active member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS”
s.sch002 Meaning of “active member of an existing scheme”
s.sch002 Meaning of “active member of an existing public body pension scheme”
s.sch002 Commencement of active membership of this scheme
s.sch002 Full protection members of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS

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