{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/141",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Amendment of Part 1",
  "text": "In Part 1 (citation and interpretation), in rule 2(1)—\n(a) in the appropriate places insert—\n““the 2013 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;\n“connected member” has the meaning given in rule 1C of Part 2;\n“connected special member” has the meaning given in rule 1D of Part 2;\n“continued pension” has the meaning given in rule 1B of Part 3;\n“continuity of service” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;\n“equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension” has the meaning given in regulation 65(4) of the 2015 Regulations;\n“final salary link” means the final salary link which applies when the requirements of paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the 2013 Act are met;\n“scheme closing date” means 31st March 2015;\n“scheme employment”, in relation to the 2015 Scheme, has the meaning given in regulation 6 of the 2015 Regulations;\n“tapered protection closing date” has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;\n“transition date” means—\n(a) if the firefighter member or the special firefighter member is a tapered protection member of this Scheme, the date after the tapered protection closing date for that member;\n(b) if the firefighter member or special firefighter member is not a full protection member of this Scheme or a tapered protection member of this Scheme, the date after the scheme closing date; or\n(c) the date on which the member ceased to be a full protection member of this Scheme;\n“transition member” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;\n(b) for the definition of “Scheme Actuary”, substitute—\n““Scheme Actuary” means the actuary appointed by Scottish Ministers under regulation 140 (appointment of scheme actuary) of the 2015 Regulations;”; and\n(c) for the definition of “special member” substitute—\n““special member” means—\n(a) a special firefighter member;\n(b) a special deferred member;\n(c) a special pensioner member;\n(d) a connected special member;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/141/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:30:04.249898+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."
}