{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-order-2006/schedule-1A/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-order-2006/schedule-1A/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/606",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-order-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1A/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Period for making an election",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a member who has not made an election before the commencement date is not entitled to elect to receive a diffuse mesothelioma lump sum unless the member makes an election within the period of three months beginning with whichever is the later of—\n(a) the commencement date; and\n(b) the date on which the Secretary of State notifies or notified the member that his or her claim has been accepted.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (3) applies to a member of the armed forces—\n(a) to whom an award under Part 2 of the Order in respect of disablement due to diffuse mesothelioma is in payment on the commencement date; and\n(b) who has not made an election before that date.\n(3) The member is not entitled to elect to receive a diffuse mesothelioma lump sum unless he or she makes an election within the period of three months beginning with whichever is the later of—\n(a) the commencement date; and\n(b) the date on which the Secretary of State provides the member with a written estimate of the amount of the diffuse mesothelioma lump sum to which the member will be entitled if the member makes an election.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A inserted (11.4.2016) by The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/374), arts. 1(1), 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/606/schedule/1A/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:35:32.225189+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."
}