PART 3AMENDMENT OF PART 3 OF THE 2012 ORDER (THE ENHANCED LEARNING CREDIT SCHEME)
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)
“(4)
Condition B is that the service leaver’s course of higher level learning commences before the entitlement time limit.”.
(3)
“(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.”.