{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-commissioner-family-definition-and-consequential-and-transitional-provision-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348278460",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Commissioner (Family Definition, and Consequential and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-commissioner-family-definition-and-consequential-and-transitional-provision-etc-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "For the purposes of these Regulations—\n“the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;\n“the 2000 Regulations” means the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000;\n“the 2015 Regulations” means the Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2015;\n“the commencement date” means 1st April 2026;\n“the Commissioner” means the Armed Forces Commissioner;\n“the Ombudsman” means the Service Complaints Ombudsman.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/1551. Regulation 13(4) was substituted by section 10(10) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to, the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2064, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278460/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:08.378506+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."
}