# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2013, Paragraph 2: Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Order 2007


In Part 2 (scheme membership, cessation and retirement) —
(a) in rule 1 (scheme membership)—
(i) in paragraph (2), for “rule 6(4)” substitute “rule 6”; and
(ii) after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) Where a person who—
(a) having taken up employment as a firefighter before 6 April 2006;
(b) having continued in such employment until the firefighter’s automatic enrolment date;
(c) having made an election not to pay pension contributions under the 1992 Scheme or not being eligible to be a member of the 1992 Scheme; and
(d) having not otherwise elected to become a member of this Scheme,
is automatically enrolled in this Scheme, that enrolment shall constitute an election to become a firefighter member of this Scheme.”;
(b) in rule 5 (election not to make pension contributions), after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1ZA) A written notice given under paragraph (1) of this rule must be signed by the firefighter member or, where the notice is in electronic format, it must include a statement confirming that that person personally submitted the notice.”; and
(c) in rule 6 (rejoining the Scheme)—
(i) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) A person who has made a contributions election may cancel it by giving a signed written notice to the authority or, where the notice is in electronic format, it must include a statement confirming that that person personally submitted the notice.”;
(ii) after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) Where a person who has made a contributions election is subsequently automatically enrolled or re-enrolled in the Scheme, that enrolment or re-enrolment shall constitute a cancellation of their contributions election.”;
(iii) omit paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(iv) in paragraph (4), after “is received”, insert—
“or, in the case of a firefighter member who has been automatically enrolled or re-enrolled, with effect from the automatic enrolment or re-enrolment date (as the case may be)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/1577/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-amendment-order-2013/schedule/paragraph-2
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