{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1997/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1997/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/286",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 17",
  "text": "In article 17 (allowance for wear and tear of clothing), for paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —\n“(1) A member of the armed forces who is in receipt of retired pay or a pension may be awarded an allowance in respect of wear and tear of clothing at the rate specified in paragraph 5 of Part IV of Schedule 1, where either —\n(a) he is in receipt of retired pay or pension in respect of an amputation and regularly wears an artificial limb; or\n(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that as a result of the disablement which gives rise to an award under this Order there is exceptional wear and tear of the member`s clothing.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/286/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:59.824632+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}