Justice 2 Committee, 06 Dec 2005

Meeting date: Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Official Report 152KB pdf

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Subordinate Legislation

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Firefighters Pension Scheme Amendment (Scotland) Order 2005 (SSI 2005/566)

Agenda item 2 is subordinate legislation. The committee is invited to consider the Firefighters Pension Scheme Amendment (Scotland) Order 2005 (SSI 2005/566), which is subject to the negative procedure.

The Subordinate Legislation Committee sought clarification of plans to amend the scheme to take into account civil partnerships. The Executive's response advised that the scheme will be amended by way of a United Kingdom instrument, which was due to come into force on 5 December. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has drawn the matter to the attention of the Justice 2 Committee, which is the lead committee, and the Parliament. As members do not have any issues to raise, are members content with the order?

Members indicated agreement.