{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-regulations-2014/regulation-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-regulations-2014/regulation-37.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2336",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Pension Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/37",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Treatment of deferred member’s account on return to pensionable service",
  "text": "(1) When a deferred member re-enters pensionable service not later than 5 years after the date on which a period of earlier service ceased—\n(a) the deferred member’s account must be closed and it must be treated as if it were never established;\n(b) the active member’s account must be re-established; and\n(c) entries must be made in the active member’s account as if, during the period in which the deferred member’s account was open, the member—\n(i) was in pensionable service; but\n(ii) received no pensionable earnings.\n(2) When a deferred member re-enters pensionable service more than 5 years after the date on which a period of earlier service ceased—\n(a) the deferred member’s account must remain open; and\n(b) an active member’s account must be established from the first day for the new period of pensionable service.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 37 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/2014/2336/regulation/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:13.886265+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."
}