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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/2064",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-complaints-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;\n“appropriate officer” has the same meaning as in section 340N(2);\n“Commissioner” means the Armed Forces Commissioner;\n“finally determined” has the same meaning as in section 340H(5);\n“independent” shall have the same meaning as in section 340E(4);\n“in writing” includes—\n(a)transmitted by electronic means;\n(b)received in a legible form; and\n(c)capable of being used for subsequent reference;\n...\n(2) In these Regulations, unless otherwise specified, a reference to a section is a reference to that section of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2026) by The Armed Forces Commissioner (Family Definition, and Consequential and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/372), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(a) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Armed Forces Commissioner (Family Definition, and Consequential and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/372), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(b) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.1.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1066",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1066",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/2064/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:28:46.094359+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."
}