# The ACAS Arbitration Scheme (Great Britain) Order 2004, Paragraph 161

Extent: E+W+S

If:
(i) any payment was made by the Employer to the Employee on the ground that the dismissal was by reason of redundancy (whether in pursuance of Part XI of the Employment Rights Act 1996, as amended from time to time, or otherwise); and
(ii) the amount of such a payment exceeds the basic amount that would have been payable under the provisions set out above (excluding for this purpose reductions on account of redundancy payments (see paragraph 150 above)),
that excess goes to reduce the compensatory amount.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/753/schedule/paragraph/161 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-great-britain-order-2004/schedule/paragraph-161
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