{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firemens-pension-scheme-modification-order-1974/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firemens-pension-scheme-modification-order-1974/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/309",
  "legislation_title": "The Firemen's Pension Scheme (Modification) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firemens-pension-scheme-modification-order-1974",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Order shall apply where the council of a county established by the Local Government Act 1972 (hereinafter referred to as a new county council)—\n(a) has, with effect from 1st April 1974, appointed a person a regular fireman in their fire brigade, as chief officer thereof or in such rank as may have been specified; and\n(b) is employing that person (hereinafter referred to as the fire officer designate) pending his taking up that appointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/309/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:47:47.539768+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."
}