The Armed Forces (Transitional Provisions) Pensions Regulations 2015

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Preliminary

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Amendments to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975

   1. 3. Amendment of the Armed Forces Pensions Scheme 1975

   2. 4. Amendment of Rule A.1 in Schedule 1 to the AFPS 1975

   3. 5. Amendment of Rule H.1 in Schedule 1 to the AFPS 1975

   4. 6. Amendment of Rule H.3 in Schedule 1 to the AFPS 1975

   5. 7. Amendment of Rule H.4 in Schedule 1 to the AFPS 1975

   6. 8. Insertion of new Schedules

4. PART 3 Amendments to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005

   1. 9. Amendment of the Armed Forces Pensions Scheme 2005

   2. 10. Insertion of new article 5 into the AFPS Order 2005

   3. 11. Amendment of rule A.1 in Schedule 1 to the AFPS Order 2005

   4. 12. Amendment of rule H.1 in Schedule 1 to the AFPS Order 2005

   5. 13. Insertion of new Schedule into the AFPS Order 2005

5. PART 4 Amendments to the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme 2005

   1. 14. Amendment of the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme 2005

   2. 15. Amendment of article 3 (general interpretation) of the EDP Order 2005

   3. 16. Insertion of new article 3A in the EDP Order 2005

   4. 17. Amendment of article 4 (meaning of “relevant service”) of the EDP Order 2005

   5. 18. Amendment of article 8 (eligibility for early departure payments) of the EDP Order 2005

   6. 19. Amendment of article 10 (amount of payments under article 9) of the EDP Order 2005

   7. 20. Amendment of article 12 (effect of rejoining armed forces or entering certain reserve forces service on article 9 award) of the EDP Order 2005

   8. 21. Amendment of article 14 (entitlement to resettlement grants) of the EDP Order 2005

   9. 22. Amendment of article 16 (lump sum awards: incapacity for armed forces service) of the EDP Order 2005

6. PART 5 Amendments to the Reserve Forces (Full-Time Reserve Service) Pension Scheme 1997

   1. 23. Amendment of the Reserve Forces (Full-Time Reserve Service) Pension Scheme 1997

   2. 24. Amendment of Rule G.1 in Schedule 1 to the Reserve Forces (Full-Time Reserve Service Pension Scheme 1997) Regulations 2010

   3. 25. Insertion of new regulation 3 into the FTRS Regulations

   4. 26. Insertion of new Schedule into the FTRS Regulations

7. PART 6 Amendments to the Reserve Forces Non Regular Permanent Staff Pension Scheme

   1. 27. Amendment of the Reserve Forces Non-Regular Permanent Staff (Pensions and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Regulations 2011

   2. 28. Insertion of new regulation 3A

   3. 29. Insertion of new Schedule into the NRPS Regulations 2011

8. PART 7 Amendments to the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme Regulations 2005

   1. 30. Amendment of the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme 2005

   2. 31. Insertion of new article 5 into the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme Regulations 2005

   3. 32. Amendment of rule A.1 in Schedule 1 to the RFPS Regulations 2005

   4. 33. Amendment of Rule G.1 in Schedule 1 to the RFPS Regulations 2005

   5. 34. Insertion of new Schedule into the RFPS Regulations 2005

9. PART 8 Amendments to the Armed Forces (Redundancy, Resettlement and Gratuity Earnings Schemes) (No.2) Order 2010

   1. 35. Amendment of the Armed Forces (Redundancy, Resettlement and Gratuity Earnings Schemes) (No.2) Order 2010

   2. 36. Amendment of article 2 (interpretation) of the AF(RRGES) (No.2) Order

   3. 37. Amendment of article 27 (interpretation of Part 4) of the AF(RRGES) (No.2) Order

   4. 38. Amendment of article 30 (factors affecting the amount of commutable pension) of the AF(RRGES) (No.2) Order

   5. 39. Amendment of article 32 (misconduct) of the AF(RRGES) (No.2) Order

   6. 40. Amendment of article 35 (entitlement to resettlement grants) of the AF(RRGES) (No.2) Order

10. PART 9 Amendments to the Armed Forces Pension Regulations 2014 and the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Regulations 2014

    1. 41. Amendment of the Armed Forces Pension Regulations 2014

    2. 42. Amendment of the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Regulations 2014

11. Signature

12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Schedule to be inserted in the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Schedule to be inserted in the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Schedule to be inserted in the Reserve Forces (Full-Time Reserve Service) Pension Scheme 1997

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Schedule to be inserted in the Reserve Forces Non Regular Permanent Staff Pension Schemes 2011

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Schedule to be inserted in the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme 2005

13. Explanatory Note