Regulation 4 General interpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;

• “active member” has the meaning given in section 124(1) of the Pensions Act 1995;

• “AFPS 14” means the Armed Forces Pension Scheme established under regulation 2 of the Armed Forces Pension Regulations 2014;

• F1“AFPS 14 regulations” means the Armed Forces Pension Regulations 2014;

• “AFPS 05” means the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005 established by regulation 2 of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme Order 2005;

• “AFPS 75” means the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 set out in—

  1. (a)

     Orders in Council made under section 3 of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865^f1;

  2. (b)

     The Army Pensions Warrant 1977; and

  3. (c)

     Orders and regulations made under section 2 of the Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917^f2.

• “connected scheme” is to be read in accordance with section 4(6) of the Act;

• “deferred pension age” has the meaning given in section 10(3) of the Act and refers to the membership of the AFPS 14;

• F2“EDP 2015” means the scheme established by the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Regulations 2014;

• “final pensionable earnings” has the meaning given in regulation 5;

• F3“flexible service” means one or both of the following types of service—

  1. (a)

     part-time service;

  2. (b)

     restricted separation service,

  and references to a person serving on flexible terms must be construed accordingly;

• “normal pension age” has the meaning given in section 10(2) of the Act and refers to membership of the AFPS 14;

• “part-time service” means—

  1. (a)

     for an enlisted person, a period of service where the member is serving in accordance with an arrangement provided for in regulations made under section 329(2)(ha) of the Armed Forces Act 2006;

  2. (b)

     for a person who is an officer, a period of service on equivalent terms of service;

• “qualifying service” has the meaning given in regulation 7;

• “regular forces” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006 (see section 374). It does not include those who are recalled for permanent regular service under Part 7 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996;

• “restricted separation service” means—

  1. (a)

     for an enlisted person, a period of service where the member is serving in accordance with an arrangement which does not restrict the member’s service in a particular area but does make it subject to other geographic restrictions provided for in regulations made under section 329(2)(i) of the Armed Forces Act 2006;

  2. (b)

     for a person who is an officer, a period of service on equivalent terms of service;

• “reserve forces” has the same meaning as in the Reserve Forces Act 1996^f3 (see section 1(2));

• “this scheme” means the scheme established by these Regulations;

• “scheme actuary” means the actuary appointed by the Secretary of State for Defence to provide a consulting service on actuarial matters relevant to this scheme;

• “scheme administrator”, in relation to a member or a function, means the person responsible for the day to day administration of the scheme in relation to the member or in respect of the function;

• “scheme manager” means the Secretary of State;

• “scheme year” means a period of one year beginning with 1st April and ending with 31st March;

• “service reduction percentage” has the meaning given in regulation 5A.