Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Army Terms of Service Regulations 1992 to enable a person to be enlisted in the regular army on a local service engagement.

The amended Regulations provide for a local service engagement to be three years in length, with the power to extend the engagement for further periods of the same length (regulation 4B). A person enlisted on a local service engagement may determine his service before the expiry of the term of his engagement by giving 90 days notice in writing (regulation 10A). This power is subject to the restriction that a person must serve for a minimum of two years, if he is required on enlistment to undergo a course of initial military training lasting not less than 10 weeks, or one year in any other case.