# The Armed Forces (Redundancy, Resettlement and Gratuity Earnings Schemes) Order 2010 (revoked) S.I. 2010/345 · made 17 February 2010 · revised to 6 April 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-resettlement-and-gratuity-earnings-schemes-order-2010-revoked/pdf/uksi_20100345_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-resettlement-and-gratuity-earnings-schemes-order-2010-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20100345_en.pdf ## Introductory text Pensions Made 17th February 2010 Laid before Parliament 22nd February 2010 Coming into force 6th April 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Basic pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: THE ARMED FORCES REDUNDANCY SCHEME ## 4 Interpretation of Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Redundancy reckonable service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Redundancy reckonable service: supplemental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Commitment periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Eligibility for redundancy payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Entitlement to redundancy payments for those eligible under article 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Amount of payment under article 10: leavers with long service commitments and insufficient redundancy reckonable service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Amount of payment under article 10: leavers with long service commitments and sufficient redundancy reckonable service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amount of payment under article 10: leavers with short service commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Limit on article 10 payment where leaver has full AFPS 1975 entitlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Effect of rejoining armed forces or entering certain reserve forces service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Effect of award under article 10 on later award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: THE ARMED FORCES GRATUITY EARNINGS SCHEME 2010 ## 17 Payments to persons serving on gratuity earning terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Calculating gratuity payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Authorised abatements from gratuity payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Impact of service on gratuity payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Maternity, adoption and paternity leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Death in service gratuity payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Surviving eligible partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Death in service short term pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Eligible child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Commuting service for teachers’ or NHS pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: THE ARMED FORCES RESETTLEMENT COMMUTATION SCHEME 2010 ## 27 Interpretation of Part 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Resettlement Commutation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Factors affecting the amount of commutable pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Repayment of resettlement commutation and abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Misconduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: THE ARMED FORCES RESETTLEMENT GRANTS SCHEME 2010 ## 33 Interpretation of Part 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Entitlement to resettlement grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Obligation to repay resettlement grant on rejoining armed forces or entering certain reserve forces service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ## 37 Transitional Provisions for Part 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Transitional Provisions for Part 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/345 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-resettlement-and-gratuity-earnings-schemes-order-2010-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.