{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-1992/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-1992/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Terms of enlistment",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to enlistment in the regular army otherwise than for home service.\n(2) A person to whom this regulation applies and who has attained the age of 16 but has not attained the age of 19 years 7 months may be enlisted for a special term of service in the regular army which shall be a term—\n(a) of full-time service;\n(b) expiring either 12 months or 2 years from the date he first reports for duty following his enlistment;\n(c) to which regulations 5 to 9 shall not apply.\n(3) A person enlisted for such a special term of service may determine his service at any time by a notice in writing given to his commanding officer not less than 14 days before the date on which it is to take effect.\n(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to any term of service extended under regulation 14.\n(5) Paragraph (6) applies to a person whose term of service has not been extended under regulation 13 of the Army Terms of Service Regulations 1986() or regulation 14 of these Regulations.\n(6) A person to whom this paragraph applies may apply in writing to his commanding officer to continue in army service after completion of his term of service until the expiration of 2 years from the date he first reported for duty following his enlistment; and if the competent military authority signify in writing their approval of such application he may after completion of his term of service be continued as a person in army service for such period in all respects as if his term of service were still unexpired.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}