The Firefighters' Compensation Scheme (England) Order 2006

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Firefighters' Compensation Scheme (England) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 7th August 2006; but—

(a) rule 3 of Part 2 of the Compensation Scheme (compensation for death or permanent incapacity while on duty), and so much of that Scheme as relates to that rule, shall have effect from 1st April 2000; and

(b) the remainder of the Compensation Scheme shall have effect from 1st April 2006.

(2) This Order applies in relation to England only(1).

(3) In this Order—

“the Compensation Scheme” means the Firefighters' Compensation Scheme (England) 2006, set out in the Schedule to this Order; and

“the Pension Scheme” means the Scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992(2).

(1)

The powers of the Secretary of State under sections 34 and 60 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 are vested in the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of section 62 of that Act.

(2)

S.I. 1992/129, amended, as to England, by S.I. 1997/2309 and 2851, 1998/1010 and 2005/3228 (Sch.1); and as to England only by SI. 2001/3649 and 3691, 2004/1912 , 2005/2980 and 3228 (Sch.2) and 2006/1810;. There are other amendments not relevant to this Order. The Scheme was made under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41). That Act was repealed by section 52 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) Subsections (1) to (5) of section 26 were continued in force, for the purposes of the scheme established under that section as the Firemen’s Pension Scheme,, by the Firefighters' Pension Scheme (England and Scotland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2306). The name of the scheme was changed to the Firefighters' Pension Scheme, by article 4(1) of that Order.