55.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a person’s (“A’s”) remediable service as a firefighter where an immediate detriment remedy has been obtained in relation to that service by virtue of either of the conditions in section 32(2) and (3) (the “relevant condition”) of PSPJOA 2022 having been met.
(2) These Regulations and sections 2 to 30 of PSPJOA 2022 apply in relation to A’s remediable service as a firefighter as they apply in relation to an immediate choice member in respect of whose remediable as a firefighter service an immediate choice decision has been made that no section 6 election is to be made.
(3) Any amount paid by way of benefits or compensation pursuant to the agreement or (as the case may be) determination by virtue of which the relevant condition has been met is to be treated for the purposes of section 14 of PSPJOA as—
(a)a lump sum benefit, if the amount was paid by way of a lump sum;
(b)a pension benefit, if the amount was paid otherwise than by way of a lump sum.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 55 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1