Regulation 7 Fire Service pensions

A pension payable under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 or to or in respect of a regular fireman under section 259 or 260 of the Local Government Act 1972 is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act of 1974 and, in relation to such a pension, the relevant date is 7th November 1973.

For the purposes of section 1(2) of the Act of 1974 such a pension payable to or in respect of a member of a fire brigade holding the rank of chief officer is specified as a pension as respects which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, increases in the relevant emoluments mentioned in the said section 1(2) were deferred as so mentioned; and, accordingly, paragraph (a) of the said section 1(2) shall apply in the case of such a pension so payable.

In this Regulation the expression “regular fireman” has the same meaning as in the Firemen's Pension Scheme 1973 (set out in Appendix 2 to the Firemen's Pension Scheme Order 1973^f1), as amended^f2 .