# The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 (Revoked 9.5.2011), Article 14: Description of benefits – injury

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Benefits payable for injury are—
(a) a lump sum;
(b) a guaranteed income payment payable until death.
(2) The tariff shall have effect for the purpose of determining the amount of lump sum , additional multiple injury lump sum and the guaranteed income payment as follows—
(a) in Tables 1 to 9 (inclusive) the injuries in column (b) give rise to entitlement at the corresponding tariff level in column (a).
(b) subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), in Table 10 the amount in column (b) shall be the relevant amount in relation to the injuries of the tariff level referred to in column (a).
(3) Subject to article 20, benefits for injury are only payable in respect of injuries specified in column (b) of Tables 1 to 9 (inclusive).
(4) Guaranteed income payment is not payable in respect of injuries giving rise to entitlement at levels 12 to 15 of the Tables 1 to 9 (inclusive) of the tariff.
(5) A person is only entitled to one guaranteed income payment regardless of the number of injuries which are sustained;
(6) If a member of the forces has sustained more than one injury in separate incidents the guaranteed income payment which is payable is the highest such payment which has been awarded.
(7) Guaranteed income payment is not payable until the day after the day on which the service of the member of the forces to whom it was awarded ends and no such payment is payable in respect of any period before that day.
(8) In the case of an injury to which article 18 applies the relevant amount shall be the amount in article 18(2)(a).
(9) In the case of an injury to which article 19 applies the relevant amount shall be the amount in article 19(4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/439/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-order-2005-revoked-952011/article-14
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

