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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-scotland-amendment-order-2019/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/358",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-scotland-amendment-order-2019",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, effect and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019.\n(2) This Order comes into force on 10 December 2019 but—\n(a) article 2(1) (insofar as necessary to give effect to article 2(2)) and (2) has effect from 1 April 2007,\n(b) article 3(1) (insofar as necessary to give effect to article 3(2) to (5) and (7)) and (2) to (5) and (7) has effect from 6 April 2006, and\n(c) article 2(1) (insofar as necessary to give effect to article 2(3)), article 3(1) (insofar as necessary to give effect to article 3(6)) and articles 2(3) and 3(6) have effect from 1 December 2009.\n(3) This Order extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 12(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11) and section 34(3) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c.21) allow provision to be made with retrospective effect."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/358/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:14.553935+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."
}