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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-order-2011/article-27",
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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/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Fast payment",
  "text": "(1) A fast payment is to be made where the Secretary of State is satisfied that—\n(a) an injury has occurred during service and is caused by service; and\n(b) if a claim for injury benefit is made one or more of the injuries sustained will be described by a descriptor which gives rise to an entitlement within tariff levels 1 to 8.\n(2) The amount of the fast payment is to be the amount specified in column (b) of Table 10 of the tariff for an injury at tariff level 8.\n(3) Following a determination of a claim for injury benefit, account is to be taken of the fast payment and only the difference between the amount of the fast payment and the amount of injury benefit payable on determination of that claim is to be paid.\n(4) A decision under this article does not give rise to a right to a reconsideration under article 53.\n(5) In this article “determination of a claim for injury benefit” means the amount of injury benefit payable for all the injuries arising from the same incident in relation to which the claim for a fast payment has been made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/517/article/27",
    "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."
}