The Armed Forces (Enhanced Learning Credit Scheme and Further and Higher Education Commitment Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2016

Amendment of article 7 (eligibility conditions in certain cases of attributable medical discharge)

8.—(1) Article 7 of the 2012 Order is amended as follows.

(2) For article 7(4) substitute—

“(4) Condition B is that the service leaver’s course of higher level learning commences before the entitlement time limit.”.

(3) After article 7(7) insert—

“(8) In this article “the entitlement time limit” means—

(a) for a service leaver who ceased to be a member of the armed forces before 1st April 2011, the tenth anniversary of their ceasing to be a member of the armed forces;

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (d), for a service leaver who ceased to be a member of the armed forces on or after 1st April 2011 and not later than 31st March 2016, 31st March 2021;

(c) subject to sub-paragraph (d), for a service leaver who ceases to be a member of the armed forces on or after 1st April 2016, the fifth anniversary of their ceasing to be a member of the armed forces; and

(d) for a service leaver discharged on attributable medical grounds on or after 1st April 2011 who receives a disablement pension or a guaranteed income payment, the tenth anniversary of their ceasing to be a member of the armed forces.”.