Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 307
PENSIONS
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2025
Made
5th March 2025
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2025
Coming into force
7th April 2025
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004(1).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2025 and comes into force on 7th April 2025.
Extent
2. This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Amendment of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011
3.The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011(2) is amended in accordance with articles 4 and 5.
Amendment of article 24A
4. In article 24A (award of armed forces independence payment), in paragraph (3), for “£184.30” substitute “£187.45”.
Amendment of article 24D
5. In article 24D (payment of armed forces independence payment in respect of Motability), in paragraph (2), for “£75.75” substitute “£77.05”.
Amendment of Schedule 3
6.—(1)Schedule 3 (the tariff and supplementary awards), Part 1 (descriptors, tariff levels and amounts – “the tariff”) is amended as follows.
(2) In Table 2 (injury, wounds and scarring)—
(a)after item 64, insert—
| “64A | 14 | Overuse injury of the larynx, causing functional limitation or restriction, requiring or expected to require operative treatment.” |
Alistair Carns
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence
5th March 2025
S.I. 2011/517; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/436, 2017/247, 2023/323 and 2024/347.