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&lt;div style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Page 1&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:2em;"&gt;ROYAL WARRANT 2018&lt;br /&gt;ARMY PENSIONS (ARMED FORCES PENSION SCHEME 1975 AND ATTRIBUTABLE BENEFITS SCHEME) (AMENDMENT) WARRANT 2018&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;ELIZABETH&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHEREAS WE deemed it expedient, pursuant to section 2 of the Pensions and Yeomanry Pay Act 1884 (47 &amp;amp; 48 Vict c. 55) and all Our other powers, by Our Warrant of 10th February 2010(a) to make provision for pensions and compensation for Our Army;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND WHEREAS WE FURTHER deemed it expedient to revoke and replace the provisions made for pensions and to amend the provisions made for compensation by Our Warrant of 15th December 2010(b);&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND WHEREAS WE FURTHER deemed it expedient to amend the provisions made for pensions and to amend the provisions made for compensation by Our Warrant of 23rd February 2012(c);&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND WHEREAS WE FURTHER deemed it expedient to amend the provisions made for pensions and to amend the provisions made for compensation by Our Warrant of 9th February 2015(d);&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND WHEREAS WE FURTHER deemed it expedient to amend the provisions made for pensions and to amend the provisions made for compensation by Our Warrant of 7th March 2017(e);&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OUR WILL AND PLEASURE is that Our Warrant of 10th February 2010 be amended by this Our Warrant;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OUR FURTHER WILL AND PLEASURE is that this Our Warrant shall have effect from 1st January 2019 in relation to paragraphs 1, 22, 26, 27 and 28, and from 1st April 2019 in relation to the remaining provisions;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(a) The Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Warrant 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(b) The Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Warrant 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(c) The Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Warrant 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(d) The Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Warrant 2015.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(e) The Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Warrant 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Page 2&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;OUR FURTHER WILL AND PLEASURE is that this Our Warrant may be cited as the Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) (Amendment) Warrant 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Gavin Williamson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align:right;margin-top:1em;"&gt;Given at Our Court at St James's&lt;br /&gt;This &lt;em&gt;6th&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;November&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the&lt;sup&gt;^[&lt;em&gt;67th&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt; year of Our Reign&lt;br /&gt;In the year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Eighteen&lt;br /&gt;By Her Majesty's Command&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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            <text>Gavin Williamson (Secretary of State for Defence).&#13;
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