# The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme Order 2020, Paragraph 14: Effect of resuming armed forces service after receiving a redundancy payment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This paragraph applies where a person who has received a payment under paragraph 8(1) or under corresponding provisions in the AFRS 2006 or the AFRS 2010—
(a) enters service as a member of the regular forces again otherwise than as a result of his being recalled for service under Part 7 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 or under the Reserve Forces Act 1980,
(b) enters service on an FTRS commitment, or
(c) enters service on an additional duties commitment,
and in this paragraph that service is referred as “the new service”.
(2) If the service break is less than the relevant period, the person must repay the relevant portion of the payment.
(3) In this paragraph—
(a) the “service break” means the period beginning with the day the person became entitled to the payment and ending with the day before the start of the new service;
(b) the “relevant period” means—
(i) where the payment was made under the AFRS 2010—
P×365 F
where—
P is the amount of payment, and
F is the annual pay by reference to which the payment was calculated;
(ii) where the payment was made under the AFRS 2006 or paragraph 8(1) to a person who ceased to be a member of the armed forces—
P×365 F
where—
P is the amount of payment, and
F is the final relevant earnings by reference to which the payment was calculated;
(iii) where the payment was made under paragraph 8(1) to a person who ceased service under a FTRS commitment—
P×365 F
where—
P is the amount of payment, and
F is the annual pay by reference to which the payment was calculated;
(iv) where the payment was made under paragraph 8(1) to a person who ceased service under an additional duties commitment—
P×365 F
where—
P is the amount of payment, and
F is the annual pay by reference to which the payment was calculated; and
(c) the “relevant portion” means—
RP−SB RP
where—
RP is the number of days in the relevant period, and
SB is the number of days in the service break.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1298/schedule/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2020/schedule/paragraph-14
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