The Firemen’s Pension Scheme (Pension Sharing on Divorce) (Scotland) Order 2001 No. 310

SCHEDULE 2 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE FIREMEN'S PENSION SCHEME 1992

15.  In rule L1 (authorities responsible for payment of awards) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted–

“(3) An award payable to or in respect of a pension credit member under Part N, and any sum paid in commutation of such an award, is payable by the relevant fire authority.

(4) In this Scheme “the relevant fire authority”, in relation to a pension credit member, means–

(a) the fire authority who employ the pension debit member from whose rights the pension credit member’s pension credit is derived at the time when the pension sharing order takes effect, or

(b) if he is not then employed by a fire authority, the fire authority by whom he was last employed.”.