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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-and-scotland-order-2004/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-and-scotland-order-2004/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2306",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (England and Scotland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-and-scotland-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order applies in England and in Scotland only (article 1(3)).\nThis Order provides for the Firemen’s Pension Scheme (“the Scheme”), established under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947, to continue in force despite the repeal by the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”) of that section (article 3(1)). For the purposes of the Scheme, this Order continues to give effect to certain provisions of enactments amended or repealed by the 2004 Act (article 3(2) and the Schedule).\nThis Order also provides for the name of the Scheme to be changed to the “Firefighters' Pension Scheme”. Any reference to the Scheme in any enactment, instrument or other document (including the Scheme itself) will be construed as a reference to the Scheme by its new name (article 4).\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as it has no impact on the costs of businesses, charities or voluntary bodies; neither does it have significant financial impact on any public bodies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2306/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:19:09.528947+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."
}