{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firemens-pension-scheme-modification-order-1974/article-4",
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  "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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "As respects any period beginning on or after 7th March 1974 and ending before 1st April 1974 the principal Scheme shall have effect in relation to a fire officer designate who is not a member of a fire brigade as if—\n(a) the new county council were a fire authority maintaining a fire brigade, and\n(b) he was serving as a regular fireman in that brigade and his appointment therein had taken effect.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}