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(1) In these Rules references to a member’s reckonable service or the period of reckonable service that a member can count are references to the aggregate of the following periods—
(a)the period during which the member is in service in respect of which he—
(i)receives earnings that are pensionable earnings for the purposes of the Scheme, or
(ii)is treated under rule A.3 as receiving assumed pay,
(b)any additional period the member is entitled to count as reckonable service under rule C.3 (effect of making contributions),
(c)any additional period the member is entitled to count under rule C.6 (purchase of added years for members seconded to NATO or the UN etc.),
(d)in the case of a person in respect of whom a transfer value in respect of his rights under another pension arrangement has been accepted under Part F (transfers), the reckonable service he is entitled to count as a result of the transfer,
(e)in the case of a member who exercises an option under rule G.3 or G.4 for an earlier period of service to be aggregated, the reckonable service he is entitled to count as a result, F1...
(f)in the case of an AFPS 1975 transferee, the reckonable service he is entitled to count under the Scheme under rules K.3 to K.5. [F2and
(g)in the case of a Gurkha Pension Scheme transferee, the reckonable service the member is entitled to count under the Scheme under rule L.4 or L.5.]
This paragraph is subject to paragraph (2) and to Part G (see, in particular, rule G.2).
(2) The reckonable service of a member may not exceed 40 years and to the extent that any rule requires any assumptions to be made as a result of which that limit would be exceeded it is to be disregarded.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 1 rule A.8(1) omitted (1.10.2007) by virtue of The Armed Forces (Gurkha Pensions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2608), arts. 1(1), 3(4)(a)
F2Sch. 1 rule A.8(1)(g) inserted (1.10.2007) by The Armed Forces (Gurkha Pensions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2608), arts. 1(1), 3(4)(b)
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