The Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Order 2005

1. Introductory Text

2. Preliminary

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

3. The Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme

   1. 2. Establishment of the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme

4. Interpretation etc.

   1. 3. General interpretation

   2. 4. Meaning of “relevant service”

   3. 5. Meaning of “calculation service”

   4. 6. Meaning of “final relevant earnings”

   5. 7. Adjustments for inflation in determining final relevant earnings

5. Early departure payments

   1. 8. Eligibility for early departure payments

   2. 9. Entitlement to early departure payments

   3. 10. Amount of payments under article 9

   4. 11. Increases for inflation

   5. 12. Effect of rejoining armed forces or entering certain reserve forces service on article 9 award

   6. 13. Effect of emergencies etc.

6. Resettlement grants

   1. 14. Entitlement to resettlement grants

   2. 15. Obligation to repay resettlement grant on rejoining armed forces or entering certain reserve forces service

7. Lump sums on incapacity

   1. 16. Lump sum awards: incapacity for armed forces service

8. Signature

9. Explanatory Note