# The Armed Forces Pension (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 5: Amendment of the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Regulations 2014


(1) The Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 9 (entitlement to early departure payments), after paragraph (4) insert—
“(5) If, on a review under regulation 58 (member’s request for review of ill-health awards) of the AFPS 14 regulations, a person entitled to payments under this regulation becomes entitled to a pension under regulation 52 (entitlement to ill-health pension: active member with significant impairment of capacity for gainful employment) of the AFPS 14 regulations, then that person ceases to have any entitlement under this regulation from the date the pension under regulation 52 becomes payable.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/523/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-5
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