{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-scotland-order-2006/schedule/paragraph-38",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/342",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Amendment (Scotland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-scotland-order-2006",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/38",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule G3 (election not to pay pension contributions)–\n(a) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (3)”, substitute “paragraphs (3) and (3A)”; and\n(b) after paragraph (3), insert–\n“(3A) Where–\n(a) a person gives notice under paragraph (1) within 3 months of taking up employment with the authority as a regular firefighter; and\n(b) no transfer of pension rights from another pension scheme has been made in respect of him,\nthe election shall be treated as given on his first day of employment and the fire and rescue authority shall repay the pension contributions paid by him.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/342/schedule/paragraph/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:50.010200+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."
}