# The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/2064) (“the 2015 Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends regulations 2 and 6 of the 2015 Regulations to replace references to the “appropriate officer” with references to the “appropriate person”, and amends regulation 3 of the 2015 Regulations to include an additional matter about which a person may not make a service complaint. Regulation 2 also makes minor amendments to regulation 6 to modernise the drafting.
Regulation 3 makes transitional provision for service complaints submitted before the commencement date. Where an allegation was referred before that date to the appropriate officer, it is to be treated on and after commencement as having been referred to the appropriate person for the purposes of notification requirements arising on or after that date, and for any such requirements which arose before that date but had not been complied with.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348284706/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-service-complaints-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-2026/note
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