These Regulations make transitional provision for members of existing armed forces final salary pension and employee retirement benefit schemes in the light of new, career average pension and retirement benefit schemes made under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c.25) (“the 2013 Act”) . These schemes are established by the Armed Forces Pension Regulations 2014 (S.I 2014/2336) and the Armed Forces Early Departure Payments Scheme Regulations 2014 (S.I 2014/2328) both of which come into force on 1st April 2015.