# The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme Order 2006, Article 5: Entitlement to redundancy payments


(1) A person who is eligible for a payment under this article in accordance with article 4 (an “eligible person”) becomes entitled to a payment when he ceases to be in service as mentioned in article 4(4).
(2) An eligible person is entitled under this article to a lump sum payment.
This is subject to paragraph (4) and article 9.
(3) The lump sum is payable before the expiry of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the person ceases to be in service as mentioned in article 4(4).
(4) A person is not entitled to a lump sum under this article (“the further sum”) if he has previously received a lump sum under this article that he was liable to repay under article 9 and has not repaid it before the time when he would otherwise become entitled to the further sum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/55/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2006/article-5
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