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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-order-2011/article-48",
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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/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Time for making a claim - exceptional circumstances",
  "text": "(1) Article 47 does not apply where—\n(a) a claim for injury benefit is made by a former member for a late onset illness and the illness has been diagnosed by an accredited medical specialist;\n(b) the death of a former member—\n(i) is caused by a late onset illness; or\n(ii) occurs in circumstances specified in article 10(3)(c)(ii).\n(2) Where paragraph (1) applies, the time specified for making a claim is 3 years beginning with the day the late onset illness was first diagnosed, or the date of death, as the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/517/article/48",
    "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."
}