{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-terms-of-service-amendment-no-2-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1089",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-terms-of-service-amendment-no-2-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The RN Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 2 of the RN Regulations (application and interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) for “entry” substitute “enlistment”; and\n(b) for “have so entered” substitute “have so enlisted”.\n(3) In paragraph (2)—\n(a) omit the definition of “commanding officer”; and\n(b) for the definition of “competent naval authority” substitute—\n““the competent naval authority” means the Defence Council, the Admiralty Board, the Naval Secretary or any person authorised by him;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1089/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:46.507423+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."
}