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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-england-amendment-order-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/986",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (England) (Amendment) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-england-amendment-order-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Fire And Rescue Services, England\nPensions, England\nMade 6th September 2023\nLaid before Parliament 8th September 2023\nComing into force 1st October 2023\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1), (2) and (5) of the Fire Services Act 1947, and section 34(1), (2), (4) and (5) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.\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. The Act was repealed by section 52 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21).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, in relation to England and Scotland, for the purposes of the scheme established under that section as the Firemen’s Pension Scheme and set out in the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/129), by S.I. 2004/2306 and in relation to Wales by S.I. 2004/2918. The name of the scheme was changed to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme by S.I. 2004/2306. Section 26(1) was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 25 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), and section 26(2) by section 1(3) of the Fire Services Act 1951 (c.27), section 42 to the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65), paragraph 6 of Schedule 27 to the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), and by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 21. Section 34(1) was amended by paragraph 27 of Schedule 8 to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25). Section 34(2) was amended by S.I. 2018/226."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/986/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:40:48.299299+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."
}