Firemen's Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1965
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1965/1905 |
| Year | 1965 |
1965 No. 1905
FIRE SERVICES
The Firemen's Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 19652ndNovember 1965
9thNovember 1965
15thNovember 1965
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947(a), as amended and extended by section 8 of the Fire Services Act 1959(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 Article 42 of the principal Scheme (which relates to the repayment of contributions on dismissal) there shall be substituted the following Article:—
"Repayment of contributions on dismissal
42.—(1) Where a regular fireman is dismissed from the brigade otherwise than for one of the offences mentioned in paragraph (3), the fire authority shall repay to him his aggregate contributions.
(2) Where a regular fireman is dismissed from the brigade for one of the offences mentioned in paragraph (3), the fire authority may in their discretion—
(a) repay to him his aggregate contributions wholly or in part;
(b) apply his aggregate contributions wholly or in part for the benefit of his dependants;
(c) retain his aggregate contributions wholly or in part.
(3) The offences referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are the following disciplinary offences:—
(a) by carelessness or neglect suffering any loss, damage or injury to occur to any person or property (which offence is specified in paragraph (4)(b) of the code of disciplinary offences set out in the Schedule to the Fire Services (Discipline) Regulations 1948(c) and in the Schedule to the Fire Services (Discipline) (Scotland) Regulations 1953(d));
(b) failing to account for, or to make a true return of, any money or property which comes into the fireman's possession in the course of his duties (which offence is specified in paragraph (7)(b) of the said code), and
(c) willfully or negligently damaging any article of clothing or personal equipment with which the fireman has been provided or entrusted or failing to take proper care thereof (which offence is specified in paragraph (9)(a) of the said code).".
(b) 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 44.
(c) S. I. 1948/545 (Rev. VII, p. 757: 1948 I, p. 1059).
(d) S. I. 1953/1086 (1953 I, p. 766).
2. For Article 66 of the principal Scheme (which provides for the modification of the Scheme in relation to certain persons serving on 10th July 1956)...
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