# The Armed Forces Pension Scheme Order 2005, Paragraph 19: Active transition member who leaves service with significant incapacity for gainful employment on or after reaching age 55 but before reaching age 60


(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member with continuity of service (T) who—
(a) meets the criteria for an ill-health pension (active members with significant impairment of capacity for gainful employment) under regulation 52 of the AFP Regulations 2014; and
(b) leaves service on or after reaching age 55 but before reaching age 60.
(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.
(3) Early benefits on significant impairment of capacity for gainful employment are payable under regulation 55 of the AFP Regulations 2014 in respect of service from T’s transition date but when calculating the rate of annual pension, regulation 55(2)(b) is amended as specified in paragraph 17(5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/438/schedule/2/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-19
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