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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-and-compensation-scheme-amendment-england-order-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/892",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme (Amendment) (England) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-and-compensation-scheme-amendment-england-order-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2015/589 and S.I. 2016/878 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.\nPublic Service Pensions, England\nMade 7th September 2017\nLaid before Parliament 11th September 2017\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26(1), (2) and (5) of the Fire Services Act 1947, sections 34(1) to (4) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, and section 12 of the Superannuation Act 1972, as applied by section 16(3) of that Act.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 34(5) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1947 c. 41; repealed by sections 52 and 54 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21). Subsections (1) to (5) of section 26 continue to have effect for the purposes of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, in relation to England and Scotland by virtue of S.I. 2004/2306 and in relation to Wales by virtue of S.I. 2004/2917. The name of the scheme was changed to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme by S.I. 2004/2306. Section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 was amended by section 1 of the Fire Services Act 1951 (c. 27), section 42 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65), section 33 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), sections 16 and 29 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), sections 100 and 101 of, and Schedule 27 to, the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18), section 32(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 1 of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997 (c. 52), section 256 of, and Schedule 25 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), and article 2 of S.I. 1976/551. The Secretary of State’s functions under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947, in so far as they were exercisable in relation to Scotland, were devolved to Scottish Ministers by section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to S.I. 1999/1750 . The Secretary of State’s functions under section 26 are now vested in the Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 21; the powers conferred by section 34 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 are now vested in Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales. They were previously vested in the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of section 62 of that Act. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers. Powers under section 34 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 are now vested in Scottish Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Scotland (S.I. 2005/849). Section 34 was amended by paragraph 27 of Schedule 8 to the Public Service Pension Act 2013 (c. 25)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 11; section 12 was amended by the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7). Section 16 was repealed by section 52 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 but continues to have effect, in relation to England and Scotland, for the purposes of the scheme set out in S.I. 1992/129."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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