Pension on being invalided out

An officer who is invalided from the Belize Defence Force before the compulsory retirement age for his rank with at least ten years qualifying service may be awarded a pension as follows– (a) if his qualifying service is less than 15 years the award shall be that for which he would have been eligible under paragraph (a) of regulation 15 had he completed 15 years qualifying service and then retired in the rank of major (or in his existing rank, if higher), less a deduction of seven and a half percentum for each year less than 15 years, deducted in accordance with paragraph (b) of regulation 15, provided that where the circumstances leading to an officer’s being invalided out of the Belize Defence Force are due to his own fault or to causes within his control, the grant and amount of award (not exceeding the amount which might otherwise have been awarded under this regulation) shall be determined by the appropriate authority.