{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-enhanced-learning-credit-scheme-and-further-and-higher-education-commitment-scheme-order-2012/article-9B",
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  "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/9B",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9B",
  "heading": "Aggregated lower tier payments",
  "text": "(1) An aggregated lower tier payment—\n(a) may be up to 80% of the total cost of the tuition fees for higher level learning; and\n(b) must exceed £1,000 but not exceed £3,000.\n(2) Only one aggregated lower tier payment may be made in respect of the qualifying service of any one person.\n(3) An aggregated lower tier payment may be made if—\n(a) a person is eligible for an aggregated lower tier payment under article 6, 7 or 8 (as the case may be);\n(b) no lower tier payment has been made in respect of that service; and\n(c) no in-service payment has been made in respect of that service.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 9-9C substituted for art. 9 (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, 10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1796/article/9B",
    "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."
}