{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-1992/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1365",
  "legislation_title": "The Army Terms of Service Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Continuance in service after completion of the term of service",
  "text": "(1) A person in army service enlisted for a term of 22 years who has completed 18 years' continuous service from the relevant date may apply in writing to his commanding officer to continue in army service after the completion of his term of service for such period not exceeding 5 years as may be specified in the application, and if the competent military authority signify in writing their approval of such application he may after the completion of his term of service be continued as a person in army service for the period specified in the application in all respects as if his term of service were still unexpired.\n(2) The making of an application under paragraph (1) shall not prejudice the exercise by the person making the application of any right conferred by regulation 5 or under regulation 10.\n(3) Where a person in army service will at the end of the term for which he enlisted have completed not less than 22 years' service but would not be entitled to make an application under paragraph (1), he may at any time during the last 12 months of that term apply in writing to his commanding officer to continue in army service at the end of that term for such period not exceeding 5 years as may be specified in the application; and if the competent military authority signify in writing their approval of such application he may at the end of that term be continued as a person in army service for the period specified in that application in all respects as if that term were still unexpired.\n(4) A person in army service for the time being continued in service under paragraph (1) or (3) may within the relevant period apply in writing to his commanding officer to continue further in army service after that date for such period not exceeding 5 years as may be specified in the application; and if the competent military authority signify in writing their approval of such application he may after that date be further continued as a person in army service for the period specified in the notice in all respects as if the term for which he was previously continued in service were still unexpired.\n(5) Paragraph (4) shall apply to persons in army service continued in service thereunder as it applies to such persons continued in service under paragraph (1) or (3).\n(6) A person continued in service under paragraph (1), (3) or (4) or under regulation 14 of the Army Terms of Service Regulations 1986() shall have the right to determine his service by a notice in writing given to his commanding officer not less than 6 months before the date on which it is to take effect.\n(7) The exercise of the right conferred by paragraph (6) is subject to the restriction set out in regulation 11.\n(8) For the purpose of paragraph (4) “the relevant period” shall be—\n(a) where the period for which he was last continued in service was one of 2 years or more, a period of 2 years; or\n(b) where the period for which he was last continued in service was one of less than 2 years, the whole of that period;\nand in each case shall end on the date on which the period for which he is so continued will end.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2072."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1365/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:21:32.139930+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."
}