Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 comes into force

Implementation date: 9 May 2011

The Order revokes and re-enacts the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 (SI 2005/439), which establishes a scheme of benefits payable to, or in respect of, a person by reason of illness, injury, or death caused by service in the armed forces or the reserve forces. The Order incorporates the recommendations of the review of the scheme by Admiral the Lord Boyce. The Order can be viewed on the UK legislation website.