{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-19.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/3/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Effect of a section 6 election",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where an immediate choice decision under paragraph 9(1)(a) (a section 6 election) is made in respect of R’s remediable service.\n(2) For the purposes of calculating the benefits payable to, or in respect of, R in relation to R’s re-joiner service—\n(a) R is treated as though they were a transition member with continuity of service within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the AFPS 1975, and\n(b) Chapter 3 of Part 7 of Schedule 4 to the AFPS 1975 (remediable service) applies for the purposes of determining benefits payable in respect of R’s re-joiner service.\n(3) The section 6 election is treated as a notice under rule G.4(2) of Schedule 1 to aggregate R’s earlier service under the AFPS 1975 with R’s remediable service in this Scheme.\n(4) Where a pension is payable to R under this paragraph and R dies, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to any benefits that may be payable following R’s death.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 inserted (1.10.2023) by The Armed Forces Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/998), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/438/schedule/3/paragraph/19",
    "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."
}