Firemen's Pension Scheme Order, 1954
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1954/1365 |
1954 No. 1365
PENSIONS
The Firemen's Pension Scheme Order, 195415thOctober 1954
20thOctober 1954
1stNovember 1954
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section twenty-six of the Fire Services Act, 1947(a), I hereby, with the approval of the Treasury and after consultation with the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council and the Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council, make the following Order:—
1. For Article 13 of the Firemen's Pension Scheme, 1952, set out in the First Appendix to the Firemen's Pension Scheme Order, 1952(b), there shall be substituted the following Article:—
"Allocation of pension
13.—(1) Where a fireman, who retires and is entitled to an ordinary, ill-health or short service pension, has allocated that pension, that is to say—
(a) has given notice in writing (hereafter in this Article called "notice of surrender") to the fire authority of his wish to surrender such portion of his pension as he may specify and, in relation to such notice, has complied with the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article;
(b) has nominated the person in whose favour the surrender is to take effect (hereafter in this Article called "the beneficiary"), being his wife or such other person as the fire authority are satisfied is substantially dependent on him; and
(c) has provided the fire authority with such evidence of his good health as they consider satisfactory,
then, subject to paragraph (5) of this Article, his pension shall be reduced accordingly as from the date of his retirement.
(2) Notwithstanding that he has previously allocated his pension, a fireman who has completed twenty-five years' pensionable service may, in accordance with the preceding paragraph, further allocate that pension in favour of the same beneficiary.
(b) S.I. 1952/944 (1952 I, p. 1003).
(3) Except in the case of the first or only allocation by a fireman who has completed twenty-five years' pensionable service, the notice of surrender shall be given by the fireman not earlier than two months before his retirement.
(4) The total portion of a fireman's pension which he may surrender in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Article shall not exceed one-third thereof and in the case of the first or only allocation shall be such as will produce for the beneficiary, in accordance with the following provisions of this Article, a pension of not less than ten shillings a week.
(5) Where the fire authority are...
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