The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2008

Citation, interpretation, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2008.

(2) In this article “the Scheme” means the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) set out in Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006(1).

(3) This Order shall come into force on 29^th February 2008 but, subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), shall have effect from 6th April 2006.

(4) The following provisions of the Schedule to this Order, and so much of article 2 of this Order as relates to those provisions, shall have effect from 1st October 2006—

(a) paragraph 3(b),

(b) paragraph 4(f), in so far as it relates to new rule 7A of Part 3 of the Scheme (additional pension benefit: long service), and so much of new rule 7C as relates to new rule 7A, and

(c) paragraph 11(b)(iv).

(5) The following provisions of the Schedule, and so much of article 2 as relates to those provisions, shall have effect from 1st July 2007—

(a) paragraph 4(f), in so far as it relates to new rule 7B of Part 3 of the Scheme (additional pension benefit: continual professional development), and so much of new rule 7C as relates to new rule 7B, and

(b) paragraph 11(a)(i) and (b)(i).

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

(1)

S.I. 2006/3432.

(2)

Powers under sections 34 and 60 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 are now vested in the Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales. They were previously vested in the National Assembly for Wales by section 62 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers.