{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-covenant-regulations-2022/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-covenant-regulations-2022/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1160",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Covenant) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-covenant-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Defence\nMade 8th November 2022\nComing into force 22nd November 2022\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 343AE(4) and 343B(4A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (“the Act”).\nThe Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with sections 343AE(5) and 343B(4B) of the Act.\nIn accordance with section 373(3) of the Act a draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 52. Sections 343AE, 343B(4A) and 343B(4B) were inserted by section 8 of the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1160/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:51.841812+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."
}