WILTSHIRE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE
OPT OUT FORM FOR:
1) FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION SCHEME 1992
2) NEW FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION SCHEME 2006
Please consider your position carefully before opting out of either the FPS or the NFPS. They
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provide early payment of benefits in the event of retirement on grounds of permanent ill-health;
if the ill-health prevents any further regular employment, the benefits would normally be
enhanced;
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provide early payment of benefits in the event of the Fire and Rescue Authority terminating
employment at age 55 or over in the interests of the management of the service;
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allow early payment of actuarially reduced benefits to a person aged 55 or over who elects for
a member-initiated early retirement pension;
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provide death benefits for a surviving spouse, civil partner, nominated partner and/or children,
plus a death-in-service lump sum death grant of three times pensionable pay;
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are public service pension schemes which allow inflation-proofing of pension fully in line with
the Retail Price Index;
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are pension schemes towards which your employer pays contributions.
The FPS 1992 is closed to new members and therefore, if you opt out, this Scheme will no longer
be available to you.
There are limits on re-joining if you opt out of the NFPS and then change your mind.
If you complete this form and return it within 3 months of your start date of employment as a
firefighter any pension contributions that you have paid will be returned to you through your salary.
If you do decide to opt-out of either the FPS 1992 or the NFPS 2006 then please complete this
form and return it to:
HR Shared Services, Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service, The Manor House, Potterne, Devizes,
Wiltshire, SN10 5PP
DECLARATION
I HAVE READ the literature available to me relating to membership of the FPS 1992 and/or the
New Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2006 and I have decided that I do not wish to be a member of
the Scheme in respect of my employment as a firefighter.
I FURTHER UNDERSTAND that if my decision not to be a member of the FPS 1992 or the NFPS
2006 proves to be financially to my detriment, neither I nor my dependants will have any right to
claim compensation or any form of gratuity in lieu of pension rights from the Fire and Rescue
Authority.
Complete in BLOCK CAPITALS:
Surname ……………………………………………
Service Number…………………………
Forename(s) …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
National Insurance number ………………………………………………………………………………….
Work location ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Name of Role which this opt-out relates to…………………………………………………………………
Payroll Number which this opt-out relates to………………………………………………………………
Effective Date of Opting-Out from *FPS 1992 / NFPS 2006..............................................................
Signed …………………………………………………………………………… Date …………………….
*Please delete as appropriate