New clause 2 - Re-employment of armed forces
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill
'(1) Where—
(a) the Secretary of State determines for reasons of general personnel management that a person shall cease to be employed as an active full time member of the armed forces and therefore grants that person Early Retirement Income in accordance with Schedule [Armed Forces Pension Scheme], and
(b) the person concerned is re-employed for service under the Crown, including for service with the armed forces in another capacity,
such re-employment will be permissible without abatement of Early Retirement Income.
(2) In this section ''reasons of general personnel management'' means decisions reached by the Secretary of State in his absolute discretion as to future requirements of numbers in particular roles and ranks.
(3) In certifying reasons of general personnel management as the grounds for granting Early Retirement Income the Secretary of State's decision shall be conclusive and binding grounds for excluding the Early Retirement Income in this case from rules otherwise applying to pensions.'.—[Mr. Gerald Howarth.]
Brought up, and read the First time.
Motion made, [this day], That the clause be read a Second time.