Firemen's Pension Scheme Order, 1951
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1951/158 |
| Year | 1951 |
1951 No. 158
FIRE SERVICES
PENSION SCHEME
The Firemen's Pension Scheme Order, 195125thJanuary 1951
1stFebruary 1951
On the day after the Order is laid before Parliament
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section twenty-six of the Fire Services Act, 1947(b), 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 paragraph (2) of Article 3 of the Firemen's Pension Scheme, 1948, set out in the Appendix to the Firemen's Pension Scheme Order, 1948(c), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"(2) If the fireman has not at the time when he so retires completed ten years' pensionable service, the said award shall be a gratuity, unless the infirmity of mind or body is occasioned by a qualifying injury.".
2. For paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 6 of the said Scheme there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:—
"(2) A special pension shall not be payable under this Article unless the infirmity of mind or body was occasioned by a qualifying injury.
(3) In this Article the expression 'additional benefit' means—
(a) any injury benefit payable under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946(d), which relates to the qualifying injury;
(a) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(c) S.I. 1948 (No. 604) I, p. 1091; and see S.I. 1949 (Nos. 396 and 1469) I, pp. 1660 and 1666.
(d) 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 62.
(b) any disablement pension payable under section twelve of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946, in respect of the qualifying injury or so much of any such pension as relates to that injury, together with—
(i) any increase in such pension payable under section thirteen, fourteen, seventeen or eighteen of the said Act or so much of any such increase as is proportionate to that part of the said pension which relates to that injury; and
(ii) so long as he is receiving treatment as an in-patient at a hospital as a result of that injury any increase in such pension payable under section sixteen, seventeen or eighteen of the said Act;
(c) any sickness benefit payable under the National Insurance Act, 1946(a), until the first day after his retirement which is not or is deemed not to be a day of incapacity for work under section eleven of the said Act or regulations made thereunder.".
3. For paragraph (1) of Article 7 of the said Scheme there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"(1) Where a fireman or a person who has been a fireman dies from the effects of a qualifying injury or from the effects of infirmity of mind or body occasioned by such an injury, his widow shall be entitled to a widow's special pension.".
4. For paragraph (1) of Article 8 of the said Scheme there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"(1) Where a fireman or a person who has been a fireman dies from the effects of a qualifying injury or from the effects of infirmity of mind or body occasioned by such an injury, any child of his who has not attained the prescribed age at the date of the death shall be entitled to a child's special allowance.".
5. In paragraph (5) of Article 15 of the said Scheme for the word "two" there shall be substituted the word "four" and after the words "or of any period" there shall be inserted the words "ending with the appointed day".
6.—(1) After paragraph (8) of Article 15 of the said Scheme there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
"(9) If the said person is not a person to whom paragraph (2), (3) or (6) of this Article applies and if before the eighth day of May, nineteen hundred and forty-five, he ceased to serve in the National Fire Service with the consent of the Secretary of State in order to enter on employment in connection with the extinction of fire and the protection of life and property in case of fire, the Secretary of State may, at the request of the fire authority by whom he is employed, direct that one-half of the period of that employment shall be treated as a period of pensionable service for the purposes of...
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