# The Iron and Steel (Compensation to Employees) Regulations 1968, Regulation 4: National Service


(1) A person to whom these regulations apply by virtue of regulation 3(b) shall be deemed not to have suffered loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments or pension rights unless he gives notice in writing to the Corporation in accordance with paragraph (3) that he is available for employment and he is either not given or offered re-employment in his former office or in any reasonably comparable office, or is given or offered such re-employment with reduced emoluments or pension rights as compared with the emoluments and pension rights which he would have enjoyed had he continued in his former office.
(2) If the ground of a claim for compensation under paragraph (1) is for loss of employment or loss or diminution of pension rights that loss shall for the purposes of these regulations be treated as having occurred on the earlier of the two following dates, that is to say, the date of the refusal of re-employment or a date one month after the date on which the person gave notice that he was available for employment, and the person shall be deemed to have been entitled to the emoluments or the pension rights which he would have enjoyed or been entitled to at such earlier date had he continued in his former office.
(3) Notice shall be given in writing to the Corporation before the expiry of 2 months after ceasing to be engaged on national service or of 2 months after the coming into operation of these regulations, whichever is the later or, if prevented by sickness or other reasonable cause, as soon as practicable thereafter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/1170/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/iron-and-steel-compensation-to-employees-regulations-1968/regulation-4
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