Regulation 6 Conditions for payment of resettlement compensation

he has suffered loss of employment attributable to any provision or instrument mentioned in regulation 4 not later than 10 years after the material date;

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

he had been for a period of 2 years immediately before the material date continuously engaged (disregarding breaks not exceeding in the aggregate 6 months) for the whole or part of his time in relevant employment;

he has made a claim for such compensation in writing to the Secretary of State not later than 13 weeks after the loss of employment which is the cause of his claim, or 13 weeks after the coming into operation of these regulations, whichever is the later, or within any longer period which the Secretary of State may allow in any particular case where he is 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 the duties that, immediately before the loss, he was performing or might reasonably have been required to perform;

he has not, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), on or after the date on which the employer either informed him in writing that his employment was to be terminated or was likely to be terminated or gave him written notice of termination of his employment, been offered in writing—

an officer of a body constituted under the Acts, be employment by any such body; or

any other person, be employment in the service of any authority or body in which he carries out substantially the same duties as in his employment immediately before the loss;