Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951

42 Provisions as to firemen's pensions

(1) Subsection (2) of section twenty-six of the Fire Services Act, 1947 (which relates to the provisions which may be included in the Firemen's Pension Scheme brought into operation under that section) shall have effect as if after paragraph (a) thereof there were inserted the following paragraph:—

“(aa) where a person immediately before he undertakes service of a description specified in the First Schedule to the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act, 1951, or attends for hourly instruction as defined in section forty-two of that Act, either—

(i) is a member of a fire brigade maintained in pursuance of this Act, or

(ii) is employed in employment on duties connected with the provision of fire services which is treated for the purposes of the Scheme as if it were employment as a member of such a fire brigade,

for treating employment during the period of his service or instruction, and during such further period, if any, as may be specified in the Scheme, as employment as a member of such a fire brigade.”

(2) In this section the expression "hourly instruction" means—

(a) part-time service under the National Service Act, 1948, otherwise than pursuant to a training notice under that Act; and

(b) service for the purposes of training only performed by a person mentioned in paragraph 7 of the First Schedule to this Act for a period shorter than that mentioned in that paragraph.