This Order may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) (England) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 1st October 2013.

This Order applies in relation to England only3.

In this Order—

• “the 1992 Order” means the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 19924;

• “the 2013 Order” means the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 20135;

• “relevant fire and rescue authority” in relation to a person entitled to a pension, or in respect of whom a pension is payable, means—

  1. a

     the fire and rescue authority by whom that person was last so employed; or,

  2. b

     where his or her employment ceased before 1st October 2004, the fire and rescue authority which inherited the liabilities of the fire authority which last employed that person; and

• “the Scheme” means the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme as set out in Schedule 2 to the 1992 Order.