Explanatory note

This Order amends the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/517) (“the 2011 Order”), which provides for benefits to be payable to, or in respect of, a person by reason of injury, illness or death caused wholly, or partly, by service in the armed or reserve armed forces.

Article 2—

• amends article 4 of the 2011 Order to provide that, in relation to a member serving on flexible terms, the amounts to be used for the calculation of “salary” for the purposes of the Order in respect of such a period of flexible service are the amounts that would have been payable as though member had not served on flexible terms (paragraph (2));

• amends table 9 in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the 2011 Order to provide for a supplementary award for an overuse injury of foot or heel which has not required operative treatment.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.