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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-2007/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-2007/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3382",
  "legislation_title": "The Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Conversion of terms of service",
  "text": "A person in army service enlisted on a short service engagement for a term under regulation 4 may, after giving notice in writing to the competent military authority and if the competent military authority signify their approval in writing, be treated as if he had enlisted on a versatile engagement for a term of service specified in the notice being a term of either 24 or 30 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3382/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:30.519426+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."
}