{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-part-5-of-the-armed-forces-act-2006-regulations-2009/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111479629",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-part-5-of-the-armed-forces-act-2006-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prescribed officer",
  "text": "(1) The prescribed officer in relation to a circumstance prescribed in regulation 3 shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) In relation to regulation 3(a), the prescribed officer is the commanding officer of a person subject to service law against whom there is an allegation which would indicate to a reasonable person, or in relation to whom there are circumstances which would indicate to a reasonable person, that he has, or may have—\n(a) carried out a course of conduct within regulation 3(a)(i); or\n(b) committed an offence within regulation 3(a)(ii).\n(3) In relation to regulation 3(b), the prescribed officer is the commanding officer of a person against whom there is an allegation which would indicate to a reasonable person, or in relation to whom there are circumstances which would indicate to a reasonable person, that he was, or may have been, the assailant.\n(4) In relation to regulation 3(c), the prescribed officer is any officer who is a commanding officer.\n(5) In relation to regulation 3(d), the prescribed officer is the commanding officer of a person in relation to whom it appears to that officer that there are reasonable grounds within regulation 3(d)(ii).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111479629/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:57:23.995041+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."
}