{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-enhanced-learning-credit-scheme-and-further-and-higher-education-commitment-scheme-order-2012/article-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-enhanced-learning-credit-scheme-and-further-and-higher-education-commitment-scheme-order-2012/article-5A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1796",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Enhanced Learning Credit Scheme and Further and Higher Education Commitment Scheme) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-enhanced-learning-credit-scheme-and-further-and-higher-education-commitment-scheme-order-2012",
  "path": "article/5A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Membership of the ELC Scheme",
  "text": "(1) A person is a member of the ELC Scheme if the person was registered as a member before 1st April 2016.\n(2) A person who is not within paragraph (1) becomes a member of the ELC Scheme if the person—\n(a) is in service in the armed forces at any time on or after 1st April 2016; and\n(b) completes or has completed Phase 1 training.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 5A inserted \"after article 4\" (1.4.2016) by The Armed Forces (Enhanced Learning Credit Scheme and Further and Higher Education Commitment Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/310), arts. 1, 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1796/article/5A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:26:01.196939+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."
}