# The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 24: Amendment of Part 1


In Part 1 (citation and interpretation), in rule 2(1)—
(a) in the appropriate places insert—
““the 2013 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;
“connected member” has the meaning given in rule 1C of Part 2;
“connected special member” has the meaning given in rule 1D of Part 2;
“continued pension” has the meaning given in rule 1B of Part 3;
“continuity of service” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;
“equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension” has the meaning given in regulation 65(4) of the 2015 Regulations;
“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;
“scheme closing date” means 31st March 2015;
“scheme employment”, in relation to the 2015 Scheme, has the meaning given in regulation 6 of the 2015 Regulations;
“tapered protection closing date” has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;
“transition date” means—
(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;
(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
(c) the date on which the member ceased to be a full protection member of this Scheme;
“transition member” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;
(b) for the definition of “Scheme Actuary”, substitute—
““Scheme Actuary” means the actuary appointed by Scottish Ministers under regulation 140 (appointment of scheme actuary) of the 2015 Regulations;”; and
(c) for the definition of “special member” substitute—
““special member” means—
(a) a special firefighter member;
(b) a special deferred member;
(c) a special pensioner member;
(d) a connected special member;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/141/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-24
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