Explanatory note

This Order modifies the provisions relating to police, special constabulary, police cadet and fire service pensions. In particular, it takes account of the replacement on 1st April 1974 by new authorities of the police and fire authorities existing immediately before that date. It also safeguards, as respects the age of compulsory retirement, certain senior officers of fire brigades who suffer reduction in rank attributable to their transfer on that date.