Regulation 2 Application and interpretation

Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall apply to enlistment in the regular army and to the terms and conditions of service of persons who have so enlisted.

These Regulations shall not apply to enlistment in the Royal Marines or for part-time service in Northern Ireland.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1955 Act” means the Army Act 1955(^f1);

• “competent military authority” shall be interpreted in accordance with regulation 16;

• “home service” means army service which, otherwise than for the purposes of training, is restricted to Northern Ireland;

• “recruit” means—

  1. (a)

     a person enlisted in the regular army who has not previously so enlisted, otherwise than for part-time service;

  2. (b)

     a person who has been discharged by a competent military authority in accordance with regulations made under Part I of the 1955 Act as not finally approved for service and who has subsequently been re-enlisted in the regular army;

• “relevant date” means—

  1. (a)

     in the case of a person who enlisted after attaining the age of 18, the date of his attestation;

  2. (b)

     in the case of a person who enlisted before attaining that age, the date of his attaining that age;

• “reserve” means the Army Reserve.

In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered regulation or paragraph is a reference to the regulation or paragraph so numbered in these Regulations.