# The Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Order 2005, Article 5: Meaning of “calculation service”


For the purposes of the Scheme “calculation service”, in relation to any person, means the aggregate of the following periods—
(a) the person’s relevant service,
(b) in the case of a person who is an active or deferred member of the AFPS 2005, any period the person is entitled to count as reckonable service for the purposes of that Scheme under rule C.3 of that Scheme (effect of making contributions), and
(c) in the case of such a person in respect of whom a transfer value in respect of his rights under another pension arrangement has been accepted under Part F of that Scheme (transfers), any period the person is entitled to count as reckonable service for the purposes of that Scheme as a result of the transfer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/437/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-early-departure-payments-scheme-order-2005/article-5
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