{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-terms-of-service-amendment-regulations-2011/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-terms-of-service-amendment-regulations-2011/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1523",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-terms-of-service-amendment-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The RN Regulations",
  "text": "For regulation 4 of the RN Regulations substitute—\n“Right to transfer to the reserve\n4 (1) Subject to regulation 5, a person (“A”) who is serving in the Royal Navy will have a right to be transferred to the reserve if—\n(a) A is serving for a term of 4 years or more in the Royal Navy;\n(b) A notifies their commanding officer in writing of their desire to be transferred to the reserve; and\n(c) the written notification (referred to in sub-paragraph (b)) is given more than 2 years and 6 months after A completed initial training.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where paragraph (1) applies, A will be transferred to the reserve at the expiry of a 12 month period beginning with the notification date.\n(3) The 12 month period (referred to in paragraph (2)) may be reduced if, within 1 month of the notification date, the competent naval authority informs A in writing of the date on which the transfer will take place.\n(4) The 12 month period (referred to in paragraph (2)) may not be reduced to a period of less than 6 months from the notification date.\n(5) In this regulation “the notification date” means the date on which A notifies the commanding officer in writing of their desire to be transferred to the reserve.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1523/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:06.031666+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."
}