# The Armed Forces (Enlistment) Regulations 2009, Regulation 7: Procedure for enlistment


(1) This regulation applies where a person (“the recruit”) appears before a recruiting officer and offers to enlist in the regular forces.
(2) The recruiting officer shall warn the recruit that if he knowingly gives a false answer to any question put to him he will be liable to proceedings for an offence under regulation 12.
(3) The recruiting officer shall then—
(a) read, or cause to be read, to the recruit the questions approved by or on behalf of the Defence Council for inclusion in an enlistment paper;
(b) satisfy himself that the recruit understands each such question; and
(c) record, or cause to be recorded, in an enlistment paper prepared in relation to the recruit, the recruit’s answer to each such question.
(4) If—
(a) the enlistment paper states the terms on which the recruit offers to enlist, and
(b) the recruiting officer is satisfied that the recruit—
(i) understands those terms and wishes to enlist in accordance with them, and
(ii) is fit to be so enlisted,
the recruiting officer shall then request the recruit to sign the declaration in the enlistment paper.
(5) If the recruit signs the declaration, the recruiting officer shall sign the form of attestation in the enlistment paper.
(6) The recruiting officer shall then deliver the enlistment paper to an approving officer.
(7) Unless the approving officer determines under regulation 8 that the enlistment is invalid, he shall provide the recruit with a certified copy of the enlistment paper on request.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111478943/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-enlistment-regulations-2009/regulation-7
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