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Regulation 2 Amendment of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3 (interpretation)f2—

(a)

at the appropriate place insert—

  • ““carer’s leave” means leave under section 80J of the Employment Rights Act 1996f3;”;

(b)

in the definition of “index adjustment”, in paragraph (a), after “earnings” insert “and the index supplement”;

(c)

at the appropriate place insert—

  • ““index supplement” means an amount of earned pension equal to the value of the index adjustment where the change in earnings is increased—

    1. (a)

      for 2021, by 0.2% above the amount specified in the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2021f4;

    2. (b)

      for 2022, by 0.4% above the amount specified in the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2022f5;”;

(d)

in the definition of “in-service revaluation index”, at the end insert “and, in this scheme, includes the index supplement”.

(3)

In regulation 18 (meaning of “assumed pensionable pay”)f6, in paragraph (2)(e) for “or parental bereavement leave” substitute “, parental bereavement leave or carer’s leave”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2014/2848.

f2

There are amendments to regulation 3 not relevant to this instrument.

f3

1996 c. 18. Section 80J was inserted by the Carer’s Leave Act 2023 (c. 18), Schedule 1, Part 1.

f4

S.I. 2021/276.

f5

S.I. 2022/215.

f6

Regulation 18(2) was amended by S.I. 2014/3255 and 2020/354.