{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-early-departure-payments-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-early-departure-payments-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2328",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-early-departure-payments-scheme-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Establishment of the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme",
  "text": "These Regulations establish a scheme that provides for—\n(a) entitlement to a lump sum payment and periodical payments when membership of the regular forces ceases and certain conditions as to age and service as a member of the regular forces are met (see regulations 8 to 15); and\n(b) entitlement to a lump sum payment, where those conditions are not met but at the time membership of the regular forces ceases the member—\n(i) meets certain conditions as to length of service as a member of the regular forces (see regulations 16 to 18); or\n(ii) is unfit for service as a member of the armed forces (see regulations 19 to 22).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2328/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:19.743459+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}