{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-and-pension-schemes-scotland-amendment-order-2016/article-8",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/77",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Compensation and Pension Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-and-pension-schemes-scotland-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "text": "In Part 3 (personal awards)—\n(a) in rule 1B (continued pension), for “NFPS the” substitute “the NFPS”;\n(b) in rule 7 (entitlement to two pensions)—\n(i) in paragraph (4), omit “his”; and\n(ii) in paragraph (10), for “he is entitled on the last day of his” substitute “the member is entitled on the last day of”; and\n(c) in paragraph (1A) of rule 9 (commutation: general)—\n(i) for “of the NFPS” substitute “to the NFPS”; and\n(ii) omit “may commute a portion of it for a lump sum”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/77/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:08.931328+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}