Article 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (England) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st April 2014.

(2)

The Order applies in relation to England only^f1.

(3)

In this Order, “the Scheme” means the Scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992^f2.

Annotations

f1: The Secretary of State’s functions under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947, in so far as they were exercisable in relation to Scotland, were devolved to Scottish Ministers by section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to Scottish Ministers etc) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750). The Secretary of State’s functions under section 3(5) of the Fire Services Act 1947 are now vested in the Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales. They were previously vested in the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); see the entry for the Fire Services Act 1947 in Schedule 1 to that Order. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers.
f2: S.I. 1992/129; amended by 1997/2309 and 2851 1998/1010, 2001/3649 and 3691, 2004/1912 and 2006/1810 and 3433, 2008/214, 2012/953, 2013/703, 2013/1392 and 2125. The name of the Scheme was changed to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme by S.I. 2004/2306.