# The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2006, Paragraph 1


In Part 1 (general provisions)—
(a) in rule 2(1) (interpretation)—
(i) omit the definitions of “Pension Scheme”, “pensionable pay” and “pensionable service”, “retained firefighter” and “volunteer firefighter”;
(ii) after the definition of “the 2004 Act”, insert the following definitions—
““the 1992 Scheme” means the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992;
“the 2006 Scheme” means the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England), set out in Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006””;
(iii) in the definition of “average pensionable pay”, for “the Pension Scheme”, substitute “the 1992 Scheme”; and
(iv) insert, in the appropriate places, the following definitions—
“ “final pensionable pay” shall be construed in accordance with rule 2 of Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the 2006 Scheme;
“normal benefit age” has the meaning given by rule 3(2) of Part 2 of the 2006 Scheme;
“pensionable pay”—
(a) in relation to the 1992 Scheme, shall be construed in accordance with rule G1 of that Scheme;
(b) in relation to the 2006 Scheme, shall be construed in accordance with rule 1 of Part 11 of that Scheme;
“pensionable retained service”, in relation to a retained or volunteer firefighter, means the same proportion of whole-time service as that which his actual annual pensionable pay bears to his reference pay;
“pensionable service”—
(a) in relation to the 1992 Scheme, shall be construed in accordance with rule F1 of that Scheme;
(b) in relation to the 2006 Scheme, shall be construed in accordance with rule 2 to 5 of Part 10 of that Scheme;
“reference pay”, in relation to the pensionable pay of a retained or volunteer firefighter for any period, means the whole-time equivalent pensionable pay for that period of a regular firefighter employed in a similar role and with equivalent qualifying service;
“retained firefighter” and “retained or volunteer firefighter” mean a person employed by an authority—
(a) as a firefighter, but not as a regular firefighter,
(b) on terms under which he is, or may be, required to engage in fire-fighting or, without a break in continuity of such employment, may be required to perform other duties appropriate to his role as a firefighter (whether instead of, or in addition to, engaging in fire-fighting),
(c) otherwise than in a temporary capacity, and
(d) who is obliged to attend at such times as the officer in charge considers necessary, and in accordance with the orders that he receives;” ”; and
(b) in rule 7 (qualifying injury), in paragraph (4), omit “regular or retained”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3434/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-england-amendment-order-2006/schedule/paragraph-1
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