{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-commutation-regulations-1968/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-commutation-regulations-1968/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1968/1163",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Commutation Regulations 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-commutation-regulations-1968",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations supersede the Pensions Commutation Regulations 1955 (as amended). They set out the procedure to be adopted where retired officers of the Armed Forces, or certain former holders of civil offices, desire to commute their pensions, and the conditions under which commutation may be effected. The principal changes are as follows. Regulation 6 lays down new time limits within which applicants must furnish information required by the Pensions Commutation Board and attend for medical examination and Regulation 7 lays down a new time limit within which applicants resident outside the United Kingdom and Irish Republic may withdraw their applications. New fees are prescribed in Regulations 5 and 7(3), in respect of the withdrawal of an application, and in Regulation 9(1), in respect of the completion of an application. Regulation 10 provides a new definition of the date on which an applicant's pension is to cease to be payable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/1163/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:21:41.197891+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."
}