Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 comes into force

Implementation date: 6 April 2005

The Order establishes the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme 2005. The scheme provides for benefits to be payable to or in respect of a person by reason of his or her illness or injury (whether physical or mental), or his or her death, which is caused (wholly or partly) by service in the armed forces or the reserve forces. The Order can be viewed on the OPSI website.