{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2020/schedule/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2020/schedule/paragraph-18.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": "schedule/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Amount of payment: long service commitment – leaves between AFPS 75 redundancy point and EDP 2015 point",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to an eligible person who—\n(a) had their service continued to the end of their commitment period, would have served to age 60 or become entitled to EDP 2015 payments, and\n(b) actually ceases service on or after serving 18 years after having reached age 18 or (in the case of officers only) 16 years after having reached age 21, but before either reaching age 60 or becoming entitled to EDP 2015 payments,\nand in this paragraph references to service are to redundancy qualifying service.\n(2) The amount payable under paragraph 8(1) is comprised of an AFRS 2010 style payment and an AFRS 2020 style payment.\n(3) The AFRS 2010 style payment is calculated as follows—\nStep 1: If R is more than or equal to one year, 25%×F\nIf R is less than one year, 25%×F×R\nwhere—\nF is final relevant earnings, and\nR is the number of years’ service the member had left to serve in their current commitment.\nStep 2: take the result of step 1 and multiply by RRS TS\nwhere—\nRRS is the person’s AFRS 2010 redundancy reckonable service, and\nTS is total service.\n(4) The AFRS 2020 style payment is calculated as follows—\nStep 1: 10.2% x F x TS\nStep 2: take the result of step 1 and multiply by Q TS\nwhere—\nF is final relevant earnings,\nQ is redundancy qualifying service, and\nTS is total service (to be no more than 20).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 18 in force at 1.1.2021, see art. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1298/schedule/paragraph/18",
    "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."
}