The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2016/78 |
2016 No. 78
Public Service Pensions
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016
Made 2nd February 2016
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 4th February 2016
Coming into force 1st April 2016
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) and (2)(f) of, and paragraph 6(c) of Schedule 2 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 20131and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 21 of that Act, the Scottish Ministers consulted the representatives of such persons as appeared to the Scottish Ministers likely to be affected by these Regulations.
Citation, commencement and effect
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2016 and have effect from 1st April 2015.
Amendment of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015
2. The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 20152are amended as follows.
3. In regulation 3 (interpretation)—
(a) omit the definition of “additional paternity leave”;
(b) in the definition of “child-related leave”—
(i) omit paragraph (e) and the word “or” immediately after it;
(ii) after paragraph (f), insert “or”; and
(iii) at the end, insert—
“(g)
“(g) shared parental leave;”;
(c) after the definition of “sending scheme”, insert—
““shared parental leave” means leave under the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 20143;”; and
(d) in the definition of “statutory pay”—
(i) in paragraph (c), omit “ordinary”;
(ii) omit paragraph (d); and
(iii) at the end, insert—
“(e)
“(e) statutory shared parental pay within the meaning of section 171ZU (entitlement: birth) and section 171ZV (entitlement: adoption) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19924;”.
4. In paragraph (2) of regulation 18 (meaning of “assumed pensionable pay”)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (c), for “parental leave or additional paternity leave” substitute “shared parental leave or parental leave”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (e), for “additional paternity leave” substitute “shared parental leave”.
5. In paragraph (2) of regulation 59 (annual rate of retirement pension (active members)), for “paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)” substitute “paragraphs (a), (b), (ba) and (c)”.
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