Paragraph 16 Amendment of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014

The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014^f1 are amended as follows.

For regulation 2(1) (establishment of firefighters’ pension scheme 2015), substitute—

“(1)

These Regulations establish a scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of—

(a)

fire and rescue workers who are firefighters in England; and

(b)

persons to whom this scheme may potentially relate by virtue of paragraph (1A) and in respect of whom the Secretary of State makes a determination under section 25(5) of the 2013 Act.

(1A)

This scheme may potentially relate to a person who holds office as the London Fire Commissioner where the terms and conditions of their appointment to that office include—

(a)

resolving operational incidents; or

(b)

leading and supporting others in the resolution of operational incidents.

(1B)

The Secretary of State may by direction modify the provisions of this Scheme in their application to those persons to which paragraph (1)(b) applies for the purposes of—

(a)

securing appropriate protection against additional costs to the Scheme that might result from the application of this Scheme to those persons,

(b)

obtaining information about those persons, their employers and other relevant persons, or

(c)

taking appropriate account of—

(i)

the arrangements under which those persons are employed, and

(ii)

the organisational structures of their employers.”.

For regulation 6(1), substitute—

“(1)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is in scheme employment if

(a)

that person—

(i)

is employed as a firefighter by an authority; or

(ii)

is a person to whom this scheme relates by virtue of a determination under section 25(5) of the 2013 Act; and

(b)

that person satisfies the requirements in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3).”.