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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-scotland-amendment-order-2019/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Orders makes amendments to two instruments relating to pensions payable in respect of firefighters in Scotland, namely:\na) the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 (“the 1992 Order”), and\nb) the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”).\nArticle 2 makes amendments to the 1992 Order. Article 2(2) clarifies that where a firefighter has an entitlement to two pensions under the 1992 Scheme, the amount of the first pension is uprated annually from the date that the firefighter ceased to earn the higher rate of pay. Article 2(3) updates an out of date statutory reference. Article 2(2) has effect from 1 April 2007, the date that the entitlement to two pensions under rule B5A of the 1992 Scheme had effect in terms of S.S.I. 2008/161. Article 2(3) has effect from 1 December 2009, the date that the original statutory reference was revoked.\nArticle 3 makes amendments to the 2007 Order. Article 3(2), (3), (4)(b), (5) and (7) remove the requirement for a deceased member and the surviving partner of that member to have completed a nomination form before a survivor’s pension can be paid and make consequential changes insofar as nominated partners become cohabiting partners. Article 3(4)(a) clarifies that where a firefighter has an entitlement to two pensions under the 2007 Scheme, the amount of the first pension is uprated annually from the date that the firefighter ceased to earn the higher rate of pay. Article 3(6) updates an out of date statutory reference. Article 3 (other than article 3(6)) has effect from 6 April 2006, the date that the 2007 Order had effect. Article 3(6) has effect from 1 December 2009, the date that the original statutory reference was revoked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/358/note",
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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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