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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-order-2011/article-24A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/517",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-order-2011",
  "path": "article/24A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24A",
  "heading": "Award of armed forces independence payment",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where the following conditions are satisfied—\n(a) the person has made a valid claim for an award under this article in accordance with Part 6;\n(b) the person becomes and remains entitled to an annual amount of guaranteed income payment in respect of which the relevant percentage under article 24(3) or (4) is 50% or greater; and\n(c) at all times on or after the date of an award of guaranteed income payment, the person has no outstanding claim or appeal for, nor is in receipt of, an extra-costs disability benefit.\n(2) The Secretary of State is to award an allowance to be known as armed forces independence payment.\n(3) The amount of the allowance is to be £194.60 per week.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 24A-24F inserted (8.4.2013) by The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/436), arts. 1(1), 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 24A(3) substituted (10.4.2017) by The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/247), arts. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in art. 24A(3) substituted (6.4.2026) by The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/272), arts. 1, 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/517/article/24A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:15:22.056707+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}