{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2020/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2020/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1298",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2020",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 3 of the AFRS 2006 Order",
  "text": "In article 3 (interpretation), insert at the appropriate place in alphabetical order—\n““AFPS 2015” means the pension scheme established by the Armed Forces Pension Regulations 2014;\n“flexible service” means one or both of the following types of service—\n(a) part-time service;\n(b) restricted separation service,\nand references to a member serving on flexible terms must be construed accordingly;\n“part-time service” means—\n(a) for enlisted members, a period of service where the member is serving in accordance with an arrangement provided for in regulations made under section 329(2)(ha)) of the Armed Forces Act 2006;\n(b) for members who are officers, a period of service on equivalent terms of service;\n“restricted separation service” means—\n(a) for enlisted members, a period of service where the member is serving in accordance with an arrangement which does not restrict the member’s service in a particular area but does make it subject to other geographic restrictions provided for in regulations made under section 329(2)(i) of the Armed Forces Act 2006;\n(b) for members who are officers, a period of service on equivalent terms of service;\n“service reduction percentage” has the meaning given by article 3A;”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 1.1.2021, see art. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2014/2336."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2006 c. 52: section 329(2)(ha) was inserted by the Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 (c.2), section 1(3)(a)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 329(2)(i) was substituted by the Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 (c.2), section 1(3)(b)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1298/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:42.009783+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."
}