Explanatory note

These Rules amend the Superannuation (National Fire Service and Fire Brigades) Transfer Rules 1962 which provide, in the case of a person to whom they apply who is pensionable under the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937 or a local Act scheme, for the reckoning for pension purposes of temporary service in the National Fire Service.

For the 1962 Rules, as originally made, to have applied a person must, first, have served as a temporary member of the National Fire Service until 31st March 1948 and secondly, on 1st April 1948 have entered specified fire brigade employment, that is to say employment on fire brigade control and watch room duties pensionable under the 1937 Act or a local Act scheme. Thirdly, he must have been entitled to reckon that period of employment for pension purposes and fourthly, he must before 1st August 1962 have given notice that he wished the Rules to apply in his case.

The present Rules extend the class of persons to whom the 1962 Rules apply by relaxing the second and fourth conditions. As respects the second condition, they provide for the application of the 1962 Rules to a person who entered the specified employment at any time within the period of 3 months up to 1st July 1948 and extend the specified employment to include employment on any fire brigade duties (otherwise than as a regular fireman), whether or not that employment was pensionable. As respects the fourth condition, they extend the time for giving notice until 2nd September 1964. The first and third conditions remain unchanged and for the 1962 Rules to apply a person must still have become entitled to reckon for pension purposes his period of specified employment.