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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-act-2025-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/14",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-act-2025-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese are the first commencement Regulations made under the Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23) (“the 2025 Act”).\nRegulation 3 brings into force on 2nd March 2026 the provisions of the 2025 Act which establish the office of the Armed Forces Commissioner (“the Commissioner”).\nRegulation 4 brings into force on 1st April 2026 provisions of the 2025 Act relating to the abolition of the office of the Service Complaints Ombudsman (“the Ombudsman”) and commences the Commissioner’s functions in relation to service complaints and general service welfare.\nRegulation 5 makes transitional and saving provision in connection with the transfer of functions from the Ombudsman to the Commissioner.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/14/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:38.691436+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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