{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-and-compensation-schemes-amendment-scotland-order-2019/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/382",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension and Compensation Schemes (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-and-compensation-schemes-amendment-scotland-order-2019",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to Part B (personal awards)",
  "text": "In rule B7 (commutation – general provision), after paragraph (5A), insert—\n“(5B) Notwithstanding paragraph (4) a fire and rescue authority may, having regard to—\n(a) the economical, effective and efficient management of their functions, and\n(b) the costs likely to be incurred in the particular case,\npay a lump sum in excess of two and a quarter times the full amount of the pension.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraphs (3) and (11) of rule B7 were amended by article 2 and paragraph 2(i) of the schedule of S.S.I. 2018/216."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/382/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:56.482813+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."
}