Appendix 2
S.I. 2011/2552: memorandum from the Ministry of
Defence
Armed Forces And Reserve Forces (Compensation
Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2011
(S.I. 2011/2552)
1. The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments requested a memorandum in response to the following point made in relation to the above mentioned instrument.
'In article 9(1)(b), why is the statement of what the term "shoulder" includes presented as a standard page footnote (as if it were purely referential) when it is in fact a substantive amendment of Table 8 in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011.
2. The footnote to article 9(1)(b) was drafted on the advice of our medical adviser. The footnote is in keeping with other footnotes in Tables 1-9 of Part 1 of Schedule 3, also drafted on the advice on our medical adviser. The substantive provision is made in the column (b), in the text inserted by the amendment in column (b). The footnotes are explanatory.
Ministry of Defence
29 November 2011
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