# The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2012, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 (“the principal Order”) which provides for benefits to be payable to or in respect of a person by reason of injury or illness (whether physical or mental), or death, which is caused (wholly or partly) by service in the armed forces or reserve forces.
The amended article 11(3) of the principal Order makes clear that where either paragraph (4) or paragraph (9) apply, the exclusions relating to travel, sport and slipping and tripping do not apply.
Articles 28 and 53 of the principal Order are amended to provide that there is a right of reconsideration in relation to claim decisions concerning medical expenses.
Article 66(5) of the principal Order is amended to correct a minor drafting error.
Tables 2, 7 and 9 of Schedule 3 Part 1 of the principal Order are amended by the insertion of new descriptors (descriptions of injury or illness) into the tariff. The tariff lists the various forms of injury or illness for which compensation is payable, specifies a numerical tariff level and specifies for each tariff level the amount of compensation payable. Where a person sustains an injury which the Secretary of State considers is sufficiently serious to warrant an award, he may make a temporary award under article 26 of the principal Order, but must amend the tariff within one year of making the award if the award is to be made permanent. The new descriptors are the result of temporary awards having been made. The amendment to footnote (a) in Table 2 is consequential upon the insertion of new descriptors in Table 2.
Article 10 of this Order makes transitional provisions. The new descriptors do not apply where a claim or application for review is made before the day this Order comes into force, unless they describe injuries for which a temporary award is made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1573/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-amendment-order-2012/note
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