{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-1992/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-1992/regulation-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Terms of enlistment",
  "text": "(1) A person may be enlisted in the regular army for such a term as is specified in paragraph (2) beginning with the date of his attestation.\n(2) The term referred to in paragraph (1) shall be a term expiring 22 years after the relevant date, or expiring on a date falling between 6 months and 12 years after the relevant date, or a term as provided for in regulation 4.\n(3) Subject to regulation 4, the term for which a person may be enlisted may be a term wholly of full-time service or may be a term partly of full-time service and partly of service with the reserve.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2973",
      "affecting_title": "The Army Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1365/regulation/3",
    "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."
}