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The Armed Forces Pension Scheme and Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme (Amendment) Order 2014
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PART 3Amendments to the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme 2005
Amendment to article 4 (meaning of “relevant service”) of the EDP Order 2005
4. Article 4 (meaning of “relevant service”) of the EDP Order 2005 is amended by—
(a)numbering the existing text as (1),
(b)in sub-paragraph (f) for “sub-paragraph (g)” substituting “paragraph (2)”,
(c)for sub-paragraph (g) substituting—
“(2) Subject to paragraph (3), for the purposes of paragraph 1(f)—
(a)a period of service is only to be regarded as relevant service where—
(i)the person has exercised the option to aggregate that period of service with current service for pensions purposes under Part G of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme Order 2005, and
(ii)the person has not received any payments in respect of a pension payable under AFPS 1975 in respect of that period of service.
(3) For the purposes of assessing entitlement to a resettlement grant under article 14 paragraph (2) does not apply.”.
Amendment to article 12 (effect of rejoining armed forces etc) of the EDP Order 2005
5. Article 12 (effect of rejoining armed forces or entering certain reserve forces service on article 9 award) of the EDP Order 2005 is amended by inserting after paragraph(4)—
“(4A) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b)—
(a)a person is to receive a fresh entitlement under article 9 where the award exceeds the person’s former entitlement under article 9,
(b)where a fresh entitlement would not exceed the former entitlement, the former entitlement revives instead.”.
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