The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

• Citation: S.I. 2024/170
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

The Regulations may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 27th March 2024.

Section 2 Amendment of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014

(1) The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation) —

(a) at the appropriate place insert—

“ carer’s leave ” means leave under section 80J of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ;

(b) in the definition of “index adjustment”, in paragraph (a), after “earnings” insert “and the index supplement” ;

(c) at the appropriate place insert—

“ index supplement ” means an amount of earned pension equal to the value of the index adjustment where the change in earnings is increased—

for 2021, by 0.2% above the amount specified in the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2021 ;

for 2022, by 0.4% above the amount specified in the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2022 ;

(d) in the definition of “in-service revaluation index”, at the end insert “and, in this scheme, includes the index supplement” .

(3) In regulation 18 (meaning of “ assumed pensionable pay ”) , in paragraph (2)(e) for “or parental bereavement leave” substitute “, parental bereavement leave or carer’s leave” .