{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-resettlement-and-gratuity-earnings-schemes-no-2-order-2010/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-resettlement-and-gratuity-earnings-schemes-no-2-order-2010/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/832",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Redundancy, Resettlement and Gratuity Earnings Schemes) (No. 2) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-resettlement-and-gratuity-earnings-schemes-no-2-order-2010",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amount of payment under article 10: leavers with long service commitments and sufficient redundancy reckonable service",
  "text": "(1) Subject to articles 14 to 15, if—\n(a) a member of the armed forces (“L2”) has a long service commitment, and\n(b) upon ceasing service in the circumstances described in article 9(5), L2’s redundancy reckonable service is at least the relevant period of redundancy reckonable service specified in paragraph (2),\nthe amount to which L2 is entitled under article 10 is calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (5).\n(2) The relevant period of redundancy reckonable service is—\n(a) where L2 is an officer—\n(i) 16 years after L2 reached the age of 21; or\n(ii) 18 years after L2 reached the age of 18; and\n(b) where L2 is not an officer, at least 18 years after L2 reached the age of 18.\n(3) In paragraphs (4) and (5)—\n(a) “P” is the period after the time when service ceases in the circumstances described in article 9(5), for which L2 would have served, had L2 continued in the armed forces until the end of L2’s commitment period; and\n(b) that period shall be calculated in accordance with article 7, as if “P” were redundancy reckonable service.\n(4) Where L2 ceases service during the interim period, the amount to which L2 is entitled under article 10 is—\n(a) where P is 3 years or more, 9 months’ pay; and\n(b) where P is less than 3 years, 3 months’ pay multiplied by P.\n(5) Where L2 ceases service after the interim period, the amount to which L2 is entitled under article 10 is —\n(a) where P is 1 year or more, 3 months’ pay; and\n(b) where P is less than 1 year, 3 months’ pay multiplied by P.\n(6) In this article “the interim period” means the period beginning on 6th April 2010 and ending with 31st December 2015.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 12 substituted (10.1.2012) by The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2006, the Armed Forces Redundancy Etc. Schemes 2010 and the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/3013), arts. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 12(4) substituted (28.2.2011) by The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2006 and the Armed Forces Redundancy Etc. Schemes 2010 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/208), arts. 1, 12(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 12(5) substituted (28.2.2011) by The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2006 and the Armed Forces Redundancy Etc. Schemes 2010 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/208), arts. 1, 12(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 12(6) substituted (28.2.2011) by The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2006 and the Armed Forces Redundancy Etc. Schemes 2010 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/208), arts. 1, 12(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 12 in force at 6.4.2010, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/832/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:47:19.224084+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."
}