{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-england-order-2005/schedule/paragraph-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-england-order-2005/schedule/paragraph-35.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2980",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Amendment) (England) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-england-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/35",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule E9 (flat-rate awards)—\n(a) in paragraph (2), after “applies”, insert “and the deceased retired before 1st October 2004,”;\n(b) after paragraph (2), insert—\n“(2A) Subject to paragraph (3), where paragraph (1)(a) or (b) applies and the deceased retired on or after 1st October 2004, the amount of the pension is—\n(a) if his last role was not higher than Watch Manager A (Case A), £379.78;\n(b) if his last role was higher than Watch Manager A but not higher than Area Manager A (Case B), £494.54; and\n(c) in any other case (Case C), £594.18,\nincreased, in each case, in accordance with paragraph (7).”;\n(c) in paragraph (3)(b), for the words after “April 1975”, substitute—\n“and would have become entitled to reckon at least 10 years' pensionable service had he continued to serve until—\n(i) he could have been required to retire on account of age; or\n(ii) if he retired on or after 1st October 2004, normal pension age,\nthe amount specified in, as the case may be, paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (c) or paragraph (2A)(a), (b) or (c), is increased by £29.91.”;\n(d) in paragraph (6), for “fire authority”, substitute “fire and rescue authority”; and\n(e) in paragraph (9), for “the sums referred to in paragraph (2)(a), (b) and (c)”, substitute “the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraphs (2) and (2A)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Fire and rescue authorities were established on 1st October 2004 under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. Before that date, the provision of fire services was the responsibility of fire authorities under the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2980/schedule/paragraph/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:57.801842+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."
}