Citation, application and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (England) Order 2016.
(2) This Order applies in relation to England only(1).
(3) This Order comes into force on 30th September 2016 but article 2(2) has effect from 1st December 2006.
The Secretary of State’s functions under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947, in so far as they were exercisable in relation to Scotland, were devolved to Scottish Ministers by section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1999/1750. The Secretary of State’s functions under section 26 are now vested in the Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).