The Social Security (Modification of Fire Services Act 1947) Order 1976
This Order modifies the Fire Services Act 1947 so as to authorise the inclusion in the Firemen's Pension Scheme of provisions in conformity with certain requirements of Schedule 16 to the Social Security Act 1973 relating to the preservation of benefit under occupational pension schemes and provisions incidental and supplementary thereto. The relevant requirements are those of paragraph 6 of Schedule 16 (which requires provision for short service benefit where a person's service is terminated in specified circumstances, irrespective of whether it is terminated by retirement or dismissal)