{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-2n1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-2n1.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/2n1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of “continuity of service”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a transition member (T) has continuity of service between pensionable service in the AFPS 2005 and pensionable service in the AFPS 2015 (“continuity of service”) unless T has a gap in service exceeding 5 years which—\n(a) begins on or before T’s transition date; and\n(b) ends on the day on which T becomes an active member of the AFPS 2015.\n(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1), during the period starting with 1st April 2015, T is not on a gap in service while T is in service which is pensionable under an existing scheme, a public body pension scheme or a scheme under section 1 of the 2013 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(2) substituted (19.3.2025 with effect on and after 1.10.2023) by The Armed Forces Pensions (Remediable Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1(b), 3(3)(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/438/schedule/2/paragraph/2n1",
    "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."
}