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The title of these Regulations is the Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024.
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These Regulations come into force on 21 October 2024.
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(1) The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “index adjustment”, in paragraph (a), after “earnings” insert “and the index supplement”;
(b) at the appropriate place insert—“
 “index supplement” (“atodiad mynegai”) means an amount of earned pension equal to the value of the index adjustment where the change in earnings is increased—
(a) for 2021, by 0.2% above the amount specified in the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2021;
(b) for 2022, by 0.4% above the amount specified in the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2022;”;
(c) in the definition of “in-service revaluation index”, at the end insert “and, in this scheme, includes the index supplement”.
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(1) The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Wales) Regulations 2023 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 22(2), in the definition of “legacy scheme amount”, after “section 29(2)” insert “of WRPA 1999”.
(3) In regulation 23(2)(b), in the Welsh language text, for “a’r swm amgen” substitute “ac mae’r swm amgen”.
(4) In regulation 29(1)(a), in the English language text, for “divorce, annulment” substitute “divorce or annulment”.
(5) In regulation 34(2)(a)—
(a) in the Welsh language text, for the comma following “rhwymedïol cyfan” substitute an opening parenthesis;
(b) after “regulation 42(2)” insert a closing parenthesis.
(6) In regulation 39(2), in the Welsh language text, after “pe bai’r hawliau hynny” insert “wedi bod”.
(7) In regulation 41(4), in the Welsh language text, for “adran 89(1)” substitute “adran 86(1)”.
(8) In regulation 46, in subparagraph (ii) of the substituted paragraph (2)(b), in the Welsh language text, for “nad yw’r” substitute “bod y”.
(9) In regulation 65(4), in the Welsh language text, for “gwasanaeth adferadwy”, in both places it occurs, substitute “gwasanaeth rhwymedïol”.
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In Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Order 2007, in Chapter 2 of Part 11, in rule 5C(7), in the Welsh language text, after “Pan” insert “nad”.
We consent to the making of regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations.
Jeff Smith
Anna Turley
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
11 September 2024
Jayne Bryant
Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
19 September 2024