{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-early-departure-payments-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-early-departure-payments-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-5A.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/5A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Meaning of “service reduction percentage”",
  "text": "(1) In this scheme, the “service reduction percentage” in respect of a period of flexible service is given by the formula, expressed as a percentage—\n(A−B)AWhere—\nA is the basic pay which a person would have received in respect of that period of flexible service had the person not been serving on flexible terms;\nB is the basic pay received by the person in respect of that period of flexible service.\n(2) For the purposes of the Scheme, a period of flexible service ends and another begins when any change in the service reduction percentage occurs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5A inserted (1.4.2019) by The Armed Forces Pension Schemes and Early Departure Payments Schemes (Amendments Relating to Flexible Working and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1111), regs. 1(3), 6(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2328/regulation/5A",
    "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."
}