{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-16.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/2/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Active transition member who leaves service with permanent serious ill-health on or after reaching age 55 but before age 60",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member with continuity of service (T) who—\n(a) meets the criteria for an ill-health pension (active member with permanent serious ill-health) under regulation 51 of the AFP Regulations 2014; and\n(b) leaves service on or after reaching age 55, but before reaching age 60.\n(2) Pension benefits are payable under rule D.1 (retirement after reaching pension age) of the AFPS 2005 in respect of service before T’s transition date.\n(3) Early benefits on permanent serious ill-health are payable under regulation 54 of the AFP Regulations 2014 in respect of service from T’s transition date but when calculating the rate of annual pension, regulation 54(2)(b) is amended as specified in paragraph 14(5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (1.4.2015) by The Armed Forces (Transitional Provisions) Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/568), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/438/schedule/2/paragraph/16",
    "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."
}