# The Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Regulation 5: Substitution of gender-neutral language


(1) In regulations 2(2), 3, 4, 5(1), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 20(5) and 21(1), in each place it occurs, for “him” substitute “them”.
(2) In regulation 4, in both places those words occur, for “he consents” substitute “they consent”.
(3) In regulations 4, 5, 6(1), 7, 8, 13(3), 14, 18, 19 and 20(3), in each place it occurs, for “his” substitute “their”.
(4) In regulations 4, 5(1), 18 and 21(1), in each place it occurs, for “he shall” substitute “they shall”.
(5) In regulations 4, 6(1) and 8(8), in each place it occurs, for “he is” substitute “they are”.
(6) In regulation 5(1), for “he intends” substitute “they intend”.
(7) In regulations 7(4) and 20(3), for “he wishes” substitute “they wish”.
(8) In regulation 8—
(a) in paragraph (1), in both places those words occur, for “he would” substitute “they would”;
(b) in paragraph (6)—
(i) for “he could” substitute “they could”;
(ii) in both places those words occur, for “he had” substitute “they had”;
(c) in paragraph (7)—
(i) for “he makes” substitute “they make”;
(ii) for “he may” substitute “they may”.
(9) In regulation 18(5), for “he has” substitute “they have”.
(10) In regulation 20—
(a) in paragraph (2), for “he belongs” substitute “they belong”;
(b) in each place it occurs, for “he was” substitute “they were”.
(11) In regulation 21(1), for “he be” substitute “they be”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/218/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-discharge-and-transfer-to-the-reserve-forces-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-5
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