{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-80.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/80",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "80",
  "heading": "Multiple beneficiaries: nominated individuals only",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) two or more adults (the “nominated adults”) are beneficiaries of a lump sum death benefit, and\n(b) none of the following are beneficiaries—\n(i) a surviving adult, or\n(ii) an eligible child (whether or not an adult),\nthe eligible decision-maker is determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) The eligible decision-maker is—\n(a) M’s personal representative;\n(b) where M has no personal representative, the person agreed upon by the nominated adults;\n(c) where—\n(i) M has no personal representative, and\n(ii) no decision about whether to make an election has been received by the Scheme manager by the day by which an election must, in accordance with this Schedule, be received by the Scheme manager,\nthe Scheme manager.",
  "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/80",
    "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."
}