Explanatory note

This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Order 2007. The amendments ensure that the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (“the Scheme”) complies with the requirements prescribed by the Pensions Act 2008 and the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”) with regards to arrangements the employer must make in respect of automatic enrolment and automatic re-enrolment of a jobholder in a qualifying scheme. The amendments also ensure that the Scheme complies with other arrangements prescribed by the Pensions Act 2008 and the 2010 Regulations by which a jobholder or a worker may join and/or leave a qualifying pension scheme.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.