Regulation 4 Amendment of Rule A.1 in Schedule 1 to the AFPS 1975I1

United Kingdom

In the Naval and Marine Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Order 2010^f1 (the “Naval Pensions Order”), the Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Warrant 2010^f2 (the “Army Pensions Warrant”) and the Air Force (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Order 2010^f3(the “Air Force Pensions Order”), rule A.1 in Schedule 1 (General interpretation) is amended by inserting at the appropriate places—

“(a)
“AFPS 2015” means the scheme established by the Armed Forces Pension Regulations 2014^f4;”; and

“(b)
“transition date” has the same meaning as specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to this Instrument;”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: The rules of the AFPS 1975 in relation to members and former members of the Navy and Royal Marines were restated in Schedule 1 to the Naval and Marine Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Order 2010 made on 10 February 2010. That Schedule was then revoked and replaced by a revised restatement set out at Schedule 1 to the Naval and Marine Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2010, which came into force on 3 January 2011. Schedules 1 and 2 were then amended by the Naval and Marine Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2012 and Naval and Marine Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2015. Amendments were made to Part E of the Scheme by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/107) and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3061).
f2: The rules of the AFPS 1975 in relation to members and former members of the regular Army were restated in Schedule 1 to the Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Warrant 2010 made on 10 February 2010. That Schedule was then revoked and replaced by a revised restatement set out at Schedule 1 to the Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Warrant 2010, which came into force on 3 January 2011. Schedules 1 and 2 were then amended by the Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Warrant 2012 and Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Warrant 2015. Amendments were also made to Part E of the Scheme by same sex marriage S.I.s as set out at footnote (b).
f3: The rules of the AFPS 1975 in relation to members and former members of the Royal Air Force were restated in Schedule 1 to the Air Force (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Order 2010 made on 10 February 2010. That Schedule was then revoked and replaced by a revised restatement set out at Schedule 1 to the Air Force (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2010, which came into force on 3 January 2011. Schedules 1 and 2 were then amended by the Air Force (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2012 and Air Force (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2015. Amendments were also made to Part E of the Scheme by same sex marriage S.I.s as set out at footnote (b).
f4: S.I. 2014/2336.