Regulation 7 Conditions for payment of resettlement compensation

he has suffered loss of employment attributable to any of the matters referred to in regulation 4 on or after 30th June 1971 but not later than ten years after the material date;

he had not at the date of the loss attained normal retiring age;

he had been for a period beginning on the date three years immediately before the material date and ending on the date when the loss of employment occurred continuously engaged (disregarding breaks not exceeding in the aggregate six months) for the whole or part of his time in relevant employment; and for this purpose the expression “relevant employment” includes any period of national service immediately following such employment;

he has made a claim for such compensation in accordance with the provisions of Part VII of these Regulations not later than thirteen weeks after the loss of employment which is the cause of his claim, or thirteen weeks after the coming into operation of these Regulations, whichever is the later, or within such longer period as the compensating authority may allow in any particular case where they are satisfied that the delay in making the claim was due to ill-health or other circumstances beyond the claimant's control;

the loss of employment which is the cause of his claim has occurred for some reason other than misconduct or incapacity to perform such duties as, immediately before the loss, he was performing or might reasonably have been required to perform; and

he has not, subject to paragraph (3), been offered any reasonably comparable employment under the Crown or in the service of a local authority.

that acceptance would have involved undue hardship to the person, or

that he was prevented from accepting the offer by reason of ill-health or other circumstances beyond his control.