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title: "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024"
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# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 170
Public Service Pensions, England
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
19th February 2024
Laid before Parliament
21st February 2024
Coming into force
27th March 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(f), 2(1) (together with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2) and 3(1) and (3)(a) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.
In accordance with section 21(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.
In accordance with section 3(5) of that Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.

## 1 Citation and commencement {#regulation-1}

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

## 2 Amendment of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 {#regulation-2}

(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”.