# The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme Order 2020, Paragraph 22: Amount of payment: short service commitment

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

(1) This paragraph applies to an eligible person who—
(a) had their service continued to the end of their commitment period, would not have 18 years after having reached age 18, or (in the case of officers only) 16 years after having reached age 21, and
(b) actually ceases service before serving 18 years after having reached age 18 or (in the case of officers only) at least 16 years after having reached age 21,
and in this paragraph references to service are to redundancy qualifying service.
(2) The amount payable under paragraph 8(1) is comprised of an AFRS 2010 style payment and an AFRS 2020 style payment.
(3) The AFRS 2010 style payment is calculated as follows—
Step 1: Take the lower of—
(a) 1 8 ×F×TS , and
(b) ( 1 8 ×F×R )+( 1 8 ×F )
where—
F is final relevant earnings,
R is the number of remaining years that the member had left to serve in their commitment, and
TS is total service.
Step 2: take the result of step 1 and multiply by RRS TS
where—
RRS is the person’s AFRS 2010 redundancy reckonable service, and
TS is total service.
(4) The AFRS 2020 style payment is calculated as follows—
Step 1: Take the lower of—
(a) 10.2% x F x TS, and
(b) (10.2% x F x R) + (10.2% x F)
where—
F is final relevant earnings,
R is the number of remaining years that the member had left to serve in their commitment, and
TS is total service.
Step 2: take the result of step 1 and multiply by Q TS
where—
Q is redundancy qualifying service, and
TS is total service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1298/schedule/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2020/schedule/paragraph-22
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