Regulation 5 Amendment of the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme Regulations 2005

(1)

The Reserve Forces Pension Scheme Regulations 2005^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 1 (the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme 2005), rule A.1 (interpretation: general), paragraph (4), omit the definition of “AFRS 2020”.

(3)

In Schedule 4 (remediable service), paragraph 1 (interpretation), sub-paragraph (1), for the definition of “legacy scheme” substitute—

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

Annotations

f1: These Regulations establish the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme 2005. These Regulations are made under sections 4 and 8 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14) and are not made by statutory instrument. The Regulations were amended by S.I. 2015/568 which inserted Schedule 3, S.I. 2022/323 and S.I. 2023/998. There are other amending instruments but none are relevant. Hard copies of those instruments which are not statutory instruments can be obtained from Ministry of Defence, AF Remuneration - Pensions, Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB.