Introductory text
Public Service Pensions
Made 7th November 2019
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 11th November 2019
Coming into force 30th December 2019
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1) to (5) of the Fire Services Act 1947f1 and sections 12 and 16 of the Superannuation Act 1972f2 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
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1947 c.41 (“the 1947 Act”); repealed by section 52 and schedule 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c.21). Subsections (1) to (5) of section 26 continue to have effect for the purposes of the scheme established under that section as the Firemen’s Pension Scheme and set out in S.I. 1992/129, by virtue of S.I. 2004/2306. The name of the scheme was changed to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme by 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 and schedule 3 of the Theft Act 1968 (c.60), sections 16 and 29 and schedule 8 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11), section 100 and schedule 27of the Social Security Act 1973 (c.38), section 1 and schedule 1 of the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c.18), section 1 of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997 (c.52), section 256 and schedule 25 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) and S.I. 1976/551. The functions of the Secretary of State as regards Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of S.I. 1999/1750 and S.I. 2006/304.
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1972 c.11; section 12 was amended by section 10 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c.7). The functions of the Secretary of State as regards Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of S.I. 1999/1750. Section 16 applies section 12 with the necessary modifications to orders under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947. Section 16 is repealed by section 52 and schedule 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 but continues to have effect, for the purposes of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, by virtue of S.I. 2004/2306.