Firemen's Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1980
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1980 No. 1587
FIRE SERVICES
The Firemen's Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 198017thOctober 1980
29thOctober 1980
1stDecember 1980
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947(a), as amended and extended by section 42 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951(b) and sections 12 and 16 of the Superannuation Act 1972(c), I hereby, with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service and after consultation with the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council and the Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council, make the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Firemen's Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1980.
2. This Order shall come into operation on 1st December 1980 and shall have effect—
(a) for the purposes of Articles 4, 5 and 6, as from 30th September 1978;
(b) for the purposes of Article 7, as from 6th November 1978.
3. In this Order references to the 1973 Schemes are references to the provisions of the Firemen's Pension Scheme 1973, set out in Appendix 2 to the Firemen's Pension Scheme Order 1973(d), other than Articles 16D(1), 56, 57, 58, Part V of Schedule 2, Part IV of Schedule 3 and Schedule 7.
4. Subject to Article 6 of this Order, the pensionable pay for the purposes of the 1973 Scheme of a chief fire officer or firemaster for any period after 30th September 1978 and before 1st July 1979 shall be 91·41 per cent, of the pensionable pay to which a chief fire officer or firemaster would have been entitled for a corresponding period beginning 1st July 1979, disregarding any increase in pay which took effect after that date, if his circumstances had been identical to those of the chief fire officer or firemaster in question during the earlier period.
(a) 1947 c. 41.
(b) 1951 c. 65.
(c) 1972 c. 11.
(d) S.I. 1973/966.
5. Subject to Article 6 of this Order, the pensionable pay for the purposes of the 1973 Scheme of an assistant chief fire officer or an assistant firemaster for any period after 30th September 1978 and before 1st July 1979 shall be his pensionable pay for that period calculated without reference to this Article, increased by the percentage by which the pensionable pay for that period of the chief fire officer or firemaster of his brigade is increased by Article 4 of this Order.
6. Articles 4 and 5 of this Order shall not apply to the case of the chief fire officer or an assistant chief fire officer of the...
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