Paragraph 1 InterpretationF1

In this Schedule—

• “AFPS 2005” means the occupational pension Scheme established by Schedules 1 and 2 to this instrument and—

  1. (a)

     “AFPS 2005 benefits” means Scheme benefits under Schedules 1 and 2;

  2. (b)

     “AFPS 2005 service”, in relation to a member, means the member’s remediable service that is pensionable service under the AFPS 2005 (whether or not by virtue of section 2(1) of PSPJOA 2022;

• “AFRS 2006” means the Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2006 established by the Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme Order 2006^f1;

• “AFRS 2020” means the Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2020 established under the Schedule to the Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme Order 2020;

• “EDP 2005 Order” means the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Order 2005^f2;

• “EDP 2005 Scheme” means the Scheme established in articles 8 to 13 of the EDP 2005 Order;

• “PSP Directions 2022” means the Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) Directions 2022;

• “PSPJOA 2022” means the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022;

• “AFPS 1975 re-joiner” means a remedy member to whom paragraph 18 applies;

• “armed forces pension scheme” means any Chapter 1 scheme under which service in the regular forces or the reserve forces is pensionable;

• “Chapter 1 scheme” has the meaning given in section 33(1) of PSPJOA 2022;

• “deferred choice decision” has the meaning given in paragraph 13(1);

• “deferred choice decision-maker” means the person who may make a deferred choice decision under paragraph 13(2);

• “end of the section 6 election period”, in relation to an immediate choice member, has the meaning given in section 7(2) of PSPJOA 2022;

• “end of the section 10 election period”, in relation to a deferred choice member, means the end of the day determined in accordance with—

  1. (a)

     where the member is the deferred choice decision-maker, paragraph 14(2)(b);

  2. (b)

     where a person other than the member is the deferred choice decision-maker, paragraph 15(2)(b);

• “immediate choice decision” has the meaning given in paragraph 9(1);

• “immediate choice decision-maker” means the person who may make an immediate choice decision under paragraph 9(2);

• F2“legacy scheme”, in relation to a remedy member’s remediable service, means the AFPS 2005 and “legacy scheme benefits” means AFPS 2005 benefits;

• “member” means an active, deferred, deceased or pensioner member of a pension scheme;

• “non-discrimination rule” has the meaning given in section 25(8) of PSPJOA 2022, and references to a relevant breach of a non-discrimination rule are to be read in accordance with section 25(9) of that Act;

• “opted-out service election” has the meaning given in paragraph 7(1);

• “reformed scheme” means the AFPS 2015, and “reformed scheme benefits” means new scheme benefits under that Scheme;

• “relevant amount” has the meaning given in section 26(3) of PSPJOA 2022;

• “remediable service”, in relation to a remedy member, means the member’s remediable service in an employment or office that is pensionable service under the AFPS 2005 (whether or not by virtue of section 2(1) of PSPJOA 2022);

• “remedy member” means a member with remediable service;

• “remedy period” means the period beginning with 1st April 2015 and ending with 31st March 2022;

• “Scheme manager” has the meaning given in rule A.1(4) of Schedule 1 and, for the purposes of this Schedule, references to the Scheme manager include the Scheme administrator;

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• “section 6 election” has the meaning given in paragraph 9(1)(a);

• “section 10 election” has the meaning given in paragraph 13(1)(a).

In this Schedule, a “deferred choice member” means a remedy member who—

In this Schedule, an “immediate choice member” means a remedy member who, immediately before 1st October 2023, was—

A deferred choice member is a relevant member of the Scheme for the purposes of section 10 of PSPJOA 2022.

An immediate choice member is a relevant member of the Scheme for the purposes of section 6 of PSPJOA 2022.