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Article 15 Effect of rejoining armed forces or entering certain reserve forces serviceI1

United Kingdom

(1)

This article applies where a person to whom a payment is made under article 10—

(a)

enters service as a member of the armed forces again otherwise than as a result of his being recalled for service under the Reserve Forces Act 1980f1 or Part 7 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996f2,

(b)

enters full-time service as a result of a commitment under section 24 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (commitment to a period of full-time service), or

(c)

enters service as a result of a commitment under section 25 of that Act (commitment to additional duties),

and, in this article, that service is referred to as “the new service”.

(2)

Where—

(a)

a person enters new service, and

(b)

the service break is less than the relevant period,

the person shall repay the relevant fraction of the payment received under article 10.

(3)

In this article—

  • “the service break” means the number of days beginning with the day when the person becomes entitled to the payment under article 10 and ending with the day before the new service begins;

  • “the relevant period” is deemed to be a number of days calculated as follows—

    P×365 FRE

    Where—

    • P is the amount of the payment received under article 10; and

    • FRE is the person’s annual pay by reference to which the person’s payment was calculated;

  • “the relevant fraction” means—

    RP−SB RP

    Where—

    • RP is the relevant period; and

    • SB is the service break.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Art. 15 in force at 6.4.2010, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 9.

f2

1996 c. 14.