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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-amendment-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/21",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 7th January 2026\nLaid before Parliament 15th January 2026\nComing into force 1st April 2026\nThe Defence Council makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 340B(4), 340D(6), 340G(1) and (3), and 340M(5) of the Armed Forces Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 52. Sections 340B, 340D, 340G and 340M were inserted by section 2(1) of the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 (c. 19). Section 340D was amended by section 10 of the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35). The Defence Council is treated as if it were a Minister of the Crown for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) by virtue of section 373(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006."
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  "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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