The Superannuation (National Fire Service and Fire Brigades) Transfer Rules 1964

• Citation: S.I. 1964/151
• Sections: 3

Section 1

For Rule 1 of the Superannuation (National Fire Service and Fire Brigades) Transfer Rules 1962 (which makes provision as to the persons to whom those Rules apply) there shall be substituted the following Rules:—

Persons to whom Rules apply

(1) These Rules shall apply in the case of a person who—

(a) immediately before 1st April 1948 was a temporary member of the National Fire Service;

(b) on or after 1st April 1948 but before 1st July 1948 entered employment in, or in connection with, a fire brigade, being employment otherwise than as a regular fireman on duties carried out under the direction of the chief officer of the brigade;

(c) is in employment by virtue of which he is, or is deemed to be, a contributory employee or a local Act contributor within the meaning of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937 and is entitled to reckon service for the purposes of the said Act of 1937 or the local Act scheme, as the case may be, by virtue of the employment mentioned in the preceding sub-paragraph, and

(d) before 2nd September 1964 notifies the local authority maintaining the superannuation fund to which he is then a contributor that he desires these Rules to apply to him.

Section 2

(1) The definition of the expression “control and watch room duties” in Rule 6(1) of the said Rules of 1962 shall be omitted therefrom.

(2) After the definition of the expression “local Act scheme” in the said Rule 6(1) there shall be inserted the following definition:—

‘ regular fireman ’ means a member of a fire brigade who was appointed on terms under which he is or may be required to engage in fire-fighting, not being a person whose employment is temporary only ;

Section 3

These Rules may be cited as the Superannuation (National Fire Service and Fire Brigades) Transfer Rules 1964 and shall come into operation on 2nd March 1964.