
2023 No. 369
Public Service Pensions
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023
Made 6th December 2023
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th December 2023
Coming into force 2nd February 2024

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 1(2)(f), 2(1) and 3(1) and paragraph 6(c) of schedule 2 of, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 21(1) of the 2013 Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the representatives of such persons as appeared to the Scottish Ministers likely to be affected by these Regulations.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 2 February 2024.
Adjustment of Treasury valuation order
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(1) The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “index adjustment” insert—“
 index supplement” means—
(a) an amount of earned pension equal to the value of the index adjustment where the change in earnings for 2021 is increased by 0.2% above the amount specified in the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2021; and
(b) the change in earnings for 2022 is increased by 0.4% above the amount specified in the Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2022.”,
(b) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “index adjustment” after “earnings” insert “and the index supplement”,
(c) in the definition of “in-service revaluation index” at the end insert “and in this scheme, includes the index supplement in such earnings”.
TOM ARTHUR
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th December 2023