Explanatory note

These Rules provide for the payment of a transfer value where a person transfers from a fire brigade in Great Britain to the Belfast Fire Force if, subject to such payment, he is entitled to reckon his service in Great Britain for the purposes of the Belfast Fire Brigade Superannuation Scheme. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(5) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948, the Rules are expressed to apply to past as well as future transfers, subject in the case of past transfers to the agreement of the fire authority concerned and of the Corporation of the city of Belfast.