The Firefighters' Compensation Scheme (Scotland) Order 2006

Citation, commencement, application, extent and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Firefighters' Compensation Scheme (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st July 2006; but–

(a) rule 3 of Part 2 of the Compensation Scheme (compensation for death or permanent incapacity while on duty), and so much of that Scheme as relates to that rule, shall have effect from 1st April 2000; and

(b) the remainder of the Compensation Scheme shall have effect from 6th April 2006.

(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

(3) In this Order–

“the Compensation Scheme” means the Firefighters' Compensation Scheme (Scotland), set out in Schedule 1 to this Order; and

“the Pension Scheme” means the Scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992(1).

(1)

S.I. 1992/129, amended, by S.I. 1997/2309 and 2851, 1998/1010 and 2005/3228 (Schedule 1) and S.S.I. 2001/310, 2004/385, 2005/566 and 2006/342. The Scheme was made under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41). That Act was repealed by section 52 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21). Subsections (1) to (5) of section 26 were continued in force, for the purposes of the scheme established under that section as the Firemen’s Pension Scheme, by the Firefighters' Pension Scheme (England and Scotland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2306). The name of the scheme was changed to the Firefighters' Pension Scheme, by article 4(1) of that Order. The functions of the Secretary of State as regards to Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 article 2 and Schedule 1 (S.I. 1999/1750) and the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2006, article 2 and the Schedule.