{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-42.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/42",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Deferred membership of the AFPS 2005",
  "text": "(1) A transition member with continuity of service (T) does not become a deferred member of the AFPS 2005 unless T becomes a deferred member of the AFPS 2015.\n(2) If T opts out of the AFPS 2015 in relation to service in a scheme employment and T has at least 2 years’ qualifying service T becomes a deferred member of the AFPS 2005 in relation to that service.\n(3) If T re-enters pensionable service under the AFPS 2015 after a gap in service not exceeding 5 years, T ceases to be a deferred member of the AFPS 2005.",
  "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/42",
    "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."
}