# The Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme Order 2020, Paragraph 30: 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 reached age 55 or become entitled to EDP 2005 payments, and
(b) actually ceases service before either reaching age 55 or becoming entitled to EDP 2005 payments,
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 2006 style payment and an AFRS 2020 style payment.
(3) The AFRS 2006 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, and
TS is total service.
Step 2: take the result of step 1 and multiply by RS TS
where—
RS is AFRS 2006 relevant 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/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-redundancy-scheme-order-2020/schedule/paragraph-30
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