{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of sections 9(1)(b) and 13(1)(b) of PSPJOA 2022, the other Chapter 1 legacy scheme is the EDP 2005 Scheme, and—\n(a) where the member makes an immediate choice decision under this Schedule, that decision has effect in relation to any benefits payable under the EDP 2005 Scheme in relation to the member’s remediable service;\n(b) where the member makes a deferred choice decision under this Schedule, that decision has effect in relation to any benefits payable under the EDP 2005 Scheme in relation to the member’s remediable service.\n(2) In this Schedule, a reference to—\n(a) an immediate choice member of the EDP 2005 Scheme means an immediate choice member within the meaning of paragraph 1(2)(b) of the Schedule to the EDP 2005 Order;\n(b) a deferred choice member of the EDP 2005 Scheme means a deferred choice member within the meaning of paragraph 1(2)(a) of the Schedule to the EDP 2005 Order;\n(c) an immediate choice decision under the Schedule to the EDP 2005 Order is a reference to an immediate choice decision under paragraph 7(1) of the Schedule to the EDP 2005 Order;\n(d) a deferred choice decision under the Schedule to the EDP 2005 Order is a reference to a deferred choice decision under paragraph 10(1) of the Schedule to the EDP 2005 Order.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}