# The Firefighters’ Compensation and Pension Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Order 2016, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Scotland) Order 2006 (“the Compensation Scheme Order”) and the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007.
Article 3 amends the Compensation Scheme Order so as to allow a person entitled to a pension or gratuity under that Order to retain it following remarriage or the forming of a civil partnership. Pensions or gratuities which have been withdrawn due to existing legislation in this connection are reinstated with effect from 1st October 2015.
Article 5 amends the Compensation Scheme so as to authorise a deduction from a payment under the Order where a recipient is also in receipt of employment and support allowance.
Other changes made by the Order involve minor corrections.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/77/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-and-pension-schemes-scotland-amendment-order-2016/note
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