Paragraph 3 Age and redundancy requirements
A coal industry employee shall not be eligible for payments under this Scheme unless–
he is a redundant person and, in the case of an employee employed at a prescribed place, became a redundant person by reason of the cessation or reduction of the services or facilities at that place, being services or facilities ancillary to one or more coal mines or coking plants, in consequence of the closure of one or more of such mines or plants or the reduction in the number of persons employed thereat;
when he became a redundant person the relevant date fell on or after 6th April 1983 and before 29th March 1987; and
on the relevant date he had attained the age of 50 and had not attained the age of 65 in the case of a man or 60 in the case of a woman.