Part B:
Personal Awards

Part B deals with the qualifying conditions for the main personal awards –  

1. ordinary pension (Rule B1)
2. short service award (Rule B2)
3. ill-health award (Rule B3)
4. deferred pension (Rule B5)
5. repayment of contributions (Rule B6).

Arrangements to commute or allocate a pension are covered in Rules B7 to B10.
 
The calculation of awards is covered by the appropriate part of Schedule 2.

Rule B11 deals with taxation.
 
Rule B12 explains that, when calculating certain benefits, account must be taken of pension sharing orders issued on divorce or dissolution of civil partnership.
 
Rule B13 directs that if any period of pensionable service relates to part-time service as a regular firefighter, certain awards should be calculated in accordance with Part VIA of Schedule 2.
 
Pages B Gen 1 and B Gen 2 at the end of this section of the Commentary explain certain standard deductions in respect of –

1. elections for uprating service before 1 April 1972 to improve dependants’ benefits, and
2. “modification” rules relating to the State pension scheme.

Rule B4 ("Injury Award") was deleted with effect from 1 April 2006 and the provisions transferred to the Firefighters' Compensation Scheme.

Related downloads:

• Rule B1: Ordinary pension PDF, 81 kb
• Rule B2 Short service award PDF, 115 kb
• Rule B3: Ill health awards PDF, 245 kb
• Rule B4: Injury award PDF, 123 kb
• Rule B5: Deferred pension PDF, 112 kb
• Rule B5A - Entitlement to two pensions PDF, 74 kb, 9 pages
• Rule B5B - Additional pension benefit: long service increment PDF, 70 kb, 9 pages
• Rule B5C - Additional pension benefit: continuous professional development PDF, 76 kb, 8 pages
• Rule B5D - Additional pension benefit: supplementary provisions PDF, 28 kb, 2 pages
• Rule B6: Repayment of aggregate pension contributions PDF, 66 kb
• Rule B7: Commutation - general provision PDF, 167 kb
• Rule B8: Commutation - small pensions PDF, 39 kb
• Rule B9: Allocation PDF, 194 kb
• Rule B10: Limitation of commuted or allocated portion of pension PDF, 39 kb
• Rule B11: Deduction of tax and lifetime allowance charge PDF, 16 kb
• Rule B12: Pension debit members PDF, 33 kb
• Rule B13: Part time members PDF, 56 kb
• B Gen 1: Reduction of pension related to up-rating of widow's pension PDF, 85 kb
• B Gen 2: Reduction of pension at State pensionable age PDF, 54 kb