{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-1/part-D/crossheading-entitlement-to-benefits/paragraph-D.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-1/part-D/crossheading-entitlement-to-benefits/paragraph-D.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/438",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Pension Scheme Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/D/crossheading/entitlement-to-benefits/paragraph/D.1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "D.1",
  "heading": "Retirement after reaching pension age",
  "text": "(1) The general rule is that a member is entitled to a pension for life and a lump sum if—\n(a) in the case of a member other than a fixed protection member, the member ceases to be in pensionable service at or after reaching pension age; or\n(b) in the case of a fixed protection member, the member ceases to be in service at or after reaching pension age.\n(2) The pension and the lump sum become payable immediately on the member ceasing to be in service.\n(3) The amount of the annual pension payable under this rule is calculated by multiplying one seventieth of the member’s final pensionable earnings by the member’s reckonable service, expressed as a number of years.\n(4) The amount of the lump sum payable under this rule is calculated by multiplying the amount of the annual pension so payable by 3.\n(5) This rule does not apply to pensions derived from pension credit rights.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule D.1(1) substituted (10.1.2012) by The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2006, the Armed Forces Redundancy Etc. Schemes 2010 and the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/3013), arts. 1, 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/438/schedule/1/part/D/crossheading/entitlement-to-benefits/paragraph/D.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:08:49.366834+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."
}