Period for payment of resettlement compensation
8. Subject as hereinafter provided, resettlement compensation to a person to whom this Part of these Regulations applies shall be payable in respect of the period of thirteen weeks next succeeding the week in which he lost the office in respect of which his claim has been made or, in the case of a claimant who has attained the age of forty-five years, the said thirteen weeks extended by one additional week for every year of his age after attaining the age of forty-five years and before the date of the loss of office subject to a maximum addition of thirteen such weeks.