{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-1/part-E/crossheading-general-provisions/paragraph-E.23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-1/part-E/crossheading-general-provisions/paragraph-E.23.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/E/crossheading/general-provisions/paragraph/E.23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "E.23",
  "heading": "Dependants' pensions: suspension and recovery",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where—\n(a) on a member’s death a pension has been awarded and paid under this Part, and\n(b) subsequently it appears to the Secretary of State that the member or the person to whom the pension has been paid made a false declaration or deliberately suppressed a material fact in connection with the award.\n(2) The Secretary of State may—\n(a) cease paying the pension, and\n(b) recover any payment made under the award.\n(3) Paragraph (2) does not affect the Secretary of State’s right to recover a payment or overpayment in any case where he considers it appropriate to do so.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/438/schedule/1/part/E/crossheading/general-provisions/paragraph/E.23",
    "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."
}