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Paragraph L.1 Application of Part L: meaning of “Gurkha Pension Scheme transferee”F1

United Kingdom

(1)

This Part makes provision in relation to persons who—

(a)

are active members or pensioner members of the Gurkha Pension Scheme on 1st October 2007 or were active members of that Scheme on 6th April 2006, and

(b)

opt to become members of the Scheme on the basis set out in this Part.

(2)

In this Part—

(a)

references to the Gurkha Pension Scheme are references to the Gurkha Pension Scheme constituted by the Royal Warrant of 19th December 1949 (see Army Order 151 of 1949), and

(b)

references to a Gurkha ill-health pensioner are to a pensioner member of the Gurkha Pension Scheme who is entitled to a pension under that Scheme by virtue of a health condition corresponding to such a condition as is mentioned in rule D.5(1)(a) or D.6(1)(a).

(3)

In these Rules any reference to a “Gurkha Pension Scheme transferee” is a reference to a person who has become a member of the Scheme as the result of this Part.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 Pt. L inserted (1.10.2007) by The Armed Forces (Gurkha Pensions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2608), arts. 1(1), 2

Notes on Schedule 1

Modifications

C1

Schs. 1-3 modified (14.7.2026 for the tax year 2014-15 and subsequent tax years) by The Public Service Pension Schemes (Rectification of Unlawful Discrimination) (Tax) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/673), regs. 1(2), 10

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 in force at 6.4.2005, see art. 1