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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-service-complaints-investigations-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/24",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Commissioner (Service Complaints Investigations) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-commissioner-service-complaints-investigations-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 8th January 2026\nLaid before Parliament 15th January 2026\nComing into force 1st April 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 340H(4), (8) and (11), 340I(2) and (5), 340L(5) and (7) and 373(5) of the Armed Forces Act 2006.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 52. Sections 340H, 340I and 340L were inserted by section 2(1) of the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 (c. 19). Section 340H(9) provides for the minimum period of time which must be specified in regulations made under section 340H(8). The Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23) established the Armed Forces Commissioner, abolished the Service Complaints Ombudsman and transferred their functions to the Commissioner."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/24/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:31.087427+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."
}