1 Citation, commencement, effect and extent
1 This Order may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Amendment (Increased Pension Entitlement) (Scotland) Order 2019.
2 This Order comes into force on 30 December 2019 and, subject to paragraph (3), has effect from 8 April 2019.
Retrospective effect is permitted by section 12 of the Superannuation Act 1972 as applied by section 16 of that Act.
3 Article 2 of this Order, in so far as required to give effect to paragraph 2 of the schedule, and paragraph 2 of the schedule have effect from 12 November 1979 to 8 April 2019.
4 This Order extends to Scotland only.

2 Amendment of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992
Schedule 2 of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 as it has effect in Scotland is amended in accordance with the schedule of this Order.
S.I. 1992/129; amended by S.I. 1997/2309, S.I. 1997/2851, S.I. 1998/1010, S.S.I. 2001/310, S.I. 2001/3649, S.S.I. 2004/385, S.S.I. 2005/566, S.I. 2005/3228S.S.I. 2006/342, S.S.I. 2007/200 and S.S.I. 2008/161. The Firemen’s Pension Scheme was made under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 . That Act was repealed by section 52 and schedule 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 . The Scheme and subsections (1) to (5) of section 26 were continued in force by S.I. 2004/2306. The name of the scheme was changed to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme by S.I. 2004/2306.
KATE FORBES A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th November 2019