{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-and-transitional-provisions-england-order-2016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/878",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (England) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-and-transitional-provisions-england-order-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 is amended as follows.\n(2) In rule G2 (pension contributions)—\n(a) in paragraph (1) for “A regular firefighter shall” substitute “Subject to paragraph (1B), a regular firefighter shall”; and\n(b) before paragraph (2) insert—\n“(1B) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a firefighter below the age of 50 who has reckoned 30 years or more pensionable service.”.\n(3) In paragraph (3) of rule LA1 (establishment, maintenance and operation of firefighters’ pension fund etc) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—\n“; and\n(f) sums payable under article 3 of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (England) Order 2016.”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 30.9.2016, see art. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/129; amended by S.I. 1997/2309, 1997/2851, 1998/1010, 2001/3649, 2001/3691, 2004/1912, 2006/1810, 2006/3433, 2008/214, 2012/953, 2013/1392 and 2015/579."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraphs (1) and (1A) were substituted for paragraph (1) by S.I. 2006/1810; paragraph (1) was amended, and paragraph (1A) revoked, by S.I. 2012/953. There are other amendments to rule G2 which are not relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Part LA was inserted into S.I 1992/129 by S.I 2006/1810. Rule LA(1)(3) was amended by S.I 2006/3433."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/878/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:27.350980+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."
}