The Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Regulations 2014

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

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

   3. 3. Governance

   4. 4. General interpretation

   5. 5. Meaning of “final pensionable earnings”

   6. 6. Earnings adjustments in determining final pensionable earnings

   7. 7. Meaning of “qualifying service”

3. PART 2

   1. 8. Eligibility for early departure payments

   2. 9. Entitlement to early departure payments

   3. 10. Amount of early departure payments

   4. 11. Option to convert the entire lump sum payment into additional monthly payments

   5. 12. Increases for inflation

   6. 13. Effect of rejoining the regular forces

   7. 14. Effect of joining the reserve forces

   8. 15. Effect of emergencies

4. PART 3

   1. 16. Entitlement to a resettlement grant

   2. 17. Amount of resettlement grant

   3. 18. Effect of resettlement grant on rejoining the regular forces or joining the reserve forces

5. PART 4

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

   2. 20. Amount of lump sum on incapacity for armed forces service

   3. 21. Effect of payment of an early departure payment, relating to previous service, on payment of lump sum on incapacity for armed forces service

   4. 22. Effect of rejoining the armed forces having received a lump sum award for incapacity for armed forces service

6. Signature

7. Explanatory Note