The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020

The Firefighters’ Pensions Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007 E+W+S

17.—(1) The Firefighters’ Pensions Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1—

(a) in Part 1, paragraph 2(1) (interpretation) at the appropriate place insert ““parental bereavement leave” means leave under section 80EA Employment Rights Act 1996;”;

(b) in Part 10 (qualifying service and reckonable service)—

(i) in paragraph 2(1)(c) (reckoning of pensionable service) after “paternity” insert “, parental bereavement”;

(ii) in paragraph 2A(1)(c) (reckoning of special pensionable service) after “paternity” insert “, parental bereavement”;

(iii) in paragraph 5 (reckoning of maternity, paternity and adoption leave, etc)—

(aa) in the heading after “paternity” insert “, parental bereavement”;

(bb) in sub-paragraph (2) after paragraph (a) insert “(aa) parental bereavement leave;”;

(c) in Part 11 (pensionable pay, pension contributions and purchase of additional service)—

(i) in paragraph 2(5)(c) (final pensionable pay) after “ordinary adoption leave” insert “parental bereavement leave,”;

(ii) in paragraph 3(3) (pension contributions) after “paternity” in both places it occurs insert “, parental bereavement”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 17 in force at 6.4.2020, see reg. 1

(1)

S.S.I. 2007/199: relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2012/757, S.I. 2012/2994 and S.I. 2014/3255.