Article 6 Amendment of article 4 of the AFRS 2006 OrderI1

in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

has been notified by or on behalf of the Defence Council that their service is to be terminated and that they will be eligible for compensation under the Scheme;”;

for paragraph (5), substitute—

“(5)

Condition D is that the person is not entitled to an ill-health pension.”;

after paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A)

For the purposes of this article references to an ill-health pension include a pension under:

(a)

rule D.5 in Schedule 1 to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme Order 2005^f1,

(b)

rule D.6^f2 in Schedule 1 to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme Order 2005, and

(c)

article 16 of the EDP Order^f3.”;

at the end of sub-paragraph 6(b), insert “or the AFPS 2015, or who has opted to cease to be an active member of either of these pension scheme.”.