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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/army-terms-of-service-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
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  "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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations shall apply to enlistment in the regular army and to the terms and conditions of service of persons who have so enlisted.\n(2) These Regulations shall not apply to enlistment in the Royal Marines.\n(3) In these Regulations—\n“the 1955 Act” means the Army Act 1955;\n“competent military authority” shall be interpreted in accordance with regulation 17;\n“recruit” means—\n(a) a person enlisted in the regular army who has not previously so enlisted;\n(b) a person who has been discharged by a competent military authority in accordance with regulations made under Part 1 of the 1955 Act as not finally approved for service and who has not subsequently been re-enlisted in the regular army; and\n“reserve” means the Army Reserve.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1955 c.18."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "uksi/2018/1166",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendments Relating to Flexible Working) Regulations 2018"
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      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendments Relating to Flexible Working) Regulations 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2024/1059",
      "affecting_title": "The Army and Royal Air Force (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2024"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3382/regulation/2",
    "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."
}