Article 3 Amendment of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992

In Schedule 1 (interpretation), in Part 1 (glossary of expressions)—

(a)

after the entry for the expression “mixed-rate service”—

(i)

in the first column, insert “New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland)”; and

(ii)

in the second column, insert “the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) set out in Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007”;

(b)

in the entry for the expressions “retained firefighter” and “volunteer firefighter”—

(i)

in the first column, omit “and volunteer firefighter”; and

(ii)

in the second column, after “regular firefighter” insert “or as a volunteer firefighter”; and

(c)

after the entry for the expression “tax year”—

(i)

in the first column, insert “volunteer firefighter”; and

(ii)

in the second column, insert—

“A person employed by an authority—

(a)
as a firefighter but not as a regular firefighter or as a retained firefighter;

(b)
on terms under which that person is, or may be, required to engage in firefighting or, without a break in continuity of such employment, may be required to perform other duties appropriate to his or her role as a firefighter (whether instead of, or in addition to, engaging in firefighting);

(c)
otherwise than in a temporary capacity; and

(d)
who is obliged to attend at such times as the officer in charge considers necessary, and in accordance with the orders that he or she receives.”.