13.—(1) Without prejudice to any other requirement of these regulations, the conditions for the payment of long-term compensation to any person are that—
(a)he has, before, on, or not later than 10 years after the date of the relevant event, suffered loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments or worsening of his position, being loss, diminution or worsening (as the case may be) which is properly attributable to the happening of the relevant event;
(b)he has not, save as is provided in regulation 17, at the date of such loss, diminution or worsening attained normal retiring age;
(c)he has, for a period beginning 8 years immediately before the second material date and ending on the date of the attributable loss, been continuously engaged (without a break of more than 12 months at any one time) on a full-time basis in relevant employment; and for this purpose the expression “relevant employment”
(d)he has made a claim for such compensation in accordance with the provisions of Part VII of these regulations not later than—
(i)2 years after the date on which the loss, diminution or worsening which is the cause of his claim was suffered, or
(ii)2 years after the coming into operation of these regulations, or
(iii)in a case where the claimant could not reasonably have known of the existence of the cause of his claim for compensation at the time when it in fact occurred, 2 years after the first date on which he could reasonably have known of its existence,
whichever is the latest; and
(e)if the cause of the claim for compensation is loss of employment—
(i)the loss has occurred for some reason other than misconduct or incapacity to perform such duties as, immediately before the loss, he was performing or might reasonably have been required to perform; and
(ii)he has not been offered any reasonably comparable employment under the Crown or in the service of a national transport authority, the Executive, a Passenger Transport Executive or a subsidiary of any of those bodies.
(2) If the cause of the claim for compensation is loss of employment paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 7 (which relate to offers of employment) shall apply for the purposes of this regulation as they apply for the purposes of regulation 7.
(3) Claims for long-term compensation for loss of employment shall in all respects be treated as claims for such compensation for the loss of emoluments occasioned thereby and the provisions of these regulations shall apply to all such claims accordingly.
(4) Any person to whom this Part of these regulations applies and who, by reason of his position as an officer being worsened, has suffered any loss or injury attributable to the happening of the relevant event, not being a pecuniary loss in respect of which he is entitled to any other compensation or payments under Part IV or V of these regulations, shall, subject to the provisions of these regulations, be entitled to receive in respect of that loss or injury, long-term compensation for the worsening of his position calculated in the following manner, that is to say—
(a)the pecuniary value of the loss or injury shall be expressed in terms of his net emoluments immediately before his position was worsened.
(b)such person shall be treated for the purposes of these regulations as a person who has suffered a diminution of emoluments the amount of which is equal to the pecuniary value so expressed, and
(c)where that person has been awarded any other long-term compensation, as well as compensation for the worsening of his position, the sums payable in respect of that other compensation shall, for the purposes of adjusting, suspending or withholding any long-term compensation under regulation 31 or 32 or both, be aggregated with any sums payable in respect of the compensation for worsening of his position and the payments of the sums so aggregated shall be regarded for those purposes as combined payments under the award of that other long-term compensation and not as separate payments under each of the awards of long-term compensation.