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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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(1)

The services specified in paragraphs 1 and 5(a) of the Schedule are available only in relation to records—

(a)

which concern—

(i)

an individual who served as a member of the regular army, the Regular Reserve or the Army Reservef1, of or below the rank of warrant officer, or

(ii)

an individual who served as a member of any of His Majesty’s air forces, and

(b)

which were transferred to The National Archives on or after 1st February 2021 by or on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “key military service personnel documents” means the following documents within an individual’s military service personnel record—

    1. (a)

      any documents created upon that individual’s initial recruitment or their transfer between units, including their postings whilst in military service, and

    2. (b)

      any other documents, the principal purpose of which is to record the conduct or promotion of that individual whilst in military service;

  • “military service personnel records” means any records which—

    1. (a)

      concern individuals who served in the regular forces or the reserve forces, and

    2. (b)

      were created by or on behalf of any of the regular forces or the reserve forces.

(3)

In this regulation, the following terms have the meaning given by section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006f2—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a)(i), “the regular army”;

(b)

in the definition of “military service personnel records” in paragraph (2), “the regular forces” and “the reserve forces”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Section 44 of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20) renamed, for the purposes of specified enactments, the Army Reserve as the “Regular Reserve”, and the Territorial Army as the “Army Reserve”.

f2

2006 c. 52; the definitions of “the regular army” and “the reserve forces” were amended by section 44 of the Defence Reform Act 2014.