# The Coroners (Compensation) Regulations 1975, Regulation 12: Factors to be considered in determining payment of long-term compensation


(1) For the purpose of determining whether long-term compensation for loss or diminution of emoluments should be paid to any person and, if so, the amount of the compensation (subject to the limits set out in these Regulations) the compensating authority shall have regard to such of the following factors as may be relevant, that is to say—
(a) the conditions upon which the person held the employment which he has lost, including in particular its security of tenure, whether by law or practice;
(b) the emoluments and other conditions, including security of tenure, whether by law or practice, of any work or employment undertaken by the person as a result of the loss of employment;
(c) the extent to which he has sought suitable employment and the emoluments which he might have acquired by accepting other suitable employment which, after the local authority either informed him in writing that his services were to be terminated of were likely to be terminated or gave him written notice of termination of services, has been offered to him in writing; and
(d) all the other circumstances of his case;
but no account shall be taken of the fact that he entered the employment which he has lost or the emoluments of which have been diminished after—
(i) 26th October 1972, where the loss or diminution was attributable to any provision of the Act, or
(ii) the making of any instrument under the Act where the loss or diminution was attributable to any provision of that instrument.
(2) Regulation 7(3) shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation in ascertaining whether a person has been offered suitable employment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/353/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-compensation-regulations-1975/regulation-12
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