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The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (England) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/703 · Made 25 March 2013

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Fire And Rescue Services, England

Pensions, England

Made 25th March 2013

Laid before Parliament 27th March 2013

Coming into force 1st April 2013

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26(1) to (5) of the Fire Services Act 1947f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1947 c.41, repealed by section 52 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c.21). Subsections (1) to (5) of section 26 continue to have effect, in relation to England and Scotland, for the purposes of the scheme established under that section as the Firemen’s Pension Scheme and set out in the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/129), by article 3 of S.I. 2004/2306. The name of the scheme was changed to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, by article 4(1) of S.I. 2004/2306. Section 26 of the 1947 Act was amended by section 1 of the Fire Services Act 1951 (c.27), section 42 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c.65), section 33 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968 (c.60), sections 16 and 29 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11), section 100 of, and Schedule 27 to, the Social Security Act 1973 (c.38), section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c.18), section 32 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43), section 1 of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997 (c.52), and Schedule 25 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), and article 2 of the Social Security (Modification of Fire Services Act 1947) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/551).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992
  3. 3Amendment of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (England) Order 2013.

(2)

This Order shall come into force on 1st April 2013.

2Amendment of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992

Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992f1 (in which the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme is set out), as it has effect in Englandf2, shall be amended in accordance with article 3 of this Order.

3Amendment of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992

For the Table in paragraph 3 of Part A1 of Schedule 8 substitute the following Table—

Pensionable pay

Contribution rate from 1st April 2013

Up to and including £15,00011.0 % of pensionable pay
More than £15,000 and up to and including £21,00011.9 % of pensionable pay
More than £21,000 and up to and including £30,00012.9 % of pensionable pay
More than £30,000 and up to and including £40,00013.2 % of pensionable pay
More than £40,000 and up to and including £50,00013.5 % of pensionable pay
More than £50,000 and up to and including £60,00013.7 % of pensionable pay
More than £60,000 and up to and including £100,00014.1 % of pensionable pay
More than £100,000 and up to and including £120,00014.5 % of pensionable pay
More than £120,00015.0 % of pensionable pay

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Brandon Lewis

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

25th March 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 1992 (set out in Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992) as it has effect in England.

The amendment is to provide a different rate for pension contributions payable by members of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme which increase according to the amount of pensionable pay which the member receives. The contribution rates are specified in the Table in paragraph 3 of Part A1 of Schedule 8.

In addition, a new band of pensionable pay has been created so that those firefighters who earn more than £15,000 and up to and including £21,000 will pay a lower rate than those earning more than £21,000 and up to and including £30,000.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.