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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 366 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 provides for the appointment of a Service Complaints Commissioner. Section 338 of that Act provides for the referral to the relevant officer by the Service Complaints Commissioner of allegations made to him that a person subject to service law has been wronged in a prescribed way. Regulation 2 sets out the prescribed ways.

Regulation 3 prescribes matters of which the relevant officer must notify the Service Complaints Commissioner. It also provides that he must do so within 21 days of the matter occurring.