Early retirement at officer’s request

An officer permitted to retire at his own request before the compulsory retirement age for his rank but with at least 15 years qualifying service may be granted a pension as follows– (a) if he is within two years of the compulsory age for his retirement the award shall be computed as if he had retired in the circumstances mentioned in regulation 14, less a deduction of five percentum per annum deducted in accordance with subregulation (2) thereof; or (b) if otherwise, the award shall be computed at the rate for which he would have been eligible had he continued to serve in his substantive rank on the date of his retirement until he retired at the compulsory retirement age for that rank, less a deduction of ten percentum (upon the amount remaining after the preceding deduction has been made) for each year of difference between the length of reckonable service on compulsory retirement and the length of service on voluntary early Defence 175