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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1980/section-38",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/9",
  "legislation_title": "Reserve Forces Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1980",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Regular Reserve , Air Force Reserve and Army Reserve training.",
  "text": "A person to whom this section applies by virtue of section 39 below may, in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State, be called out in any year for training in the United Kingdom or elsewhere—\n(a) for one period not exceeding 15 days, and\n(b) for such other periods as may be prescribed, none of which shall exceed 36 hours without the consent of the person in question,\nand may while so called out be attached to and trained with any body of Her Majesty’s forces.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 44(3)(a)(4)50(1) (with s. 49(3)(5)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 44(3)(b)(4)50(1) (with s. 49(3)(5)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(a)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/9/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:50.169605+00:00"
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  "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."
}