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Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1st April 2012.

Amendment of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007

2.  Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007(1) (in which the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) is set out) is amended in accordance with articles 3 and 4 of this Order.

3.  In Chapter 1 of Part 11 (pensionable pay, pension contributions and purchase of additional service), in rule 3(1) (pension contributions) for “8.5% of the firefighter member’s pensionable pay for the time being” substitute “the firefighter member’s pensionable pay for the time being, specified in the Table in Annex A1”.

4.  After Part 14 insert—

Annex A1Pensions Contributions

1.  The rate of the pension contribution mentioned in rule 3(1) of Part 11 is that specified in the Table below by reference to the amount of the pensionable pay of the firefighter member in the first column of the Table.

2.  The amount of pensionable pay of a retained or volunteer firefighter for the purpose of the first column of the Table shall be that firefighter’s reference pay.

3.  The amount of pensionable pay of a part-time regular firefighter for the purpose of the first column of the Table shall be the amount of pensionable pay of a whole-time regular firefighter of equivalent role and length of service.

4.  Where there has been a permanent material change to the terms and conditions of a firefighter member’s employment which affects pensionable pay, from the date of that change pensionable pay shall be calculated by reference to the revised amount.

5.  Pensionable pay in the first column of the Table below does not include payments made to a regular firefighter by the fire and rescue authority in respect of continual professional development, but those payments will be included in pensionable pay for the purposes of the application of the rate specified in the second column.

Pensionable pay

Contribution rate from 1st April 2012

Up to and including £15,0008.5% of pensionable pay
More than £15,000 and up to and including £30,0008.8% of pensionable pay
More than £30,000 and up to and including £40,0008.9% of pensionable pay
More than £40,000 and up to and including £50,0009.0% of pensionable pay
More than £50,000 and up to and including £60,0009.1% of pensionable pay
More than £60,000 and up to and including £100,0009.3% of pensionable pay
More than £100,000 and up to and including £120,0009.5% of pensionable pay
More than £120,0009.7% of pensionable pay.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

29th March 2012