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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-inquiries-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1651",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Inquiries) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-inquiries-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The convening authority",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the convening authority in relation to any matter connected with any of Her Majesty’s forces, or any category of such matters stated in the terms of his appointment, shall be the person appointed as such by the Defence Council or by an officer authorised by the Defence Council.\n(2) A convening authority must be an officer of or above the rank of naval captain, colonel or group captain subject to service law.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1651/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:29:17.298047+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."
}