{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996/schedule-9/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996/schedule-9/paragraph-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/14",
  "legislation_title": "Reserve Forces Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person who, immediately before the appointed day, was a member of a reserve force falls within this paragraph if—\n(a) the person has remained a member of that force without interruption since that time, and\n(b) the person has not extended his or her service in, or become an officer of, that force since that time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 Pts. 3, 4 inserted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 50(1), Sch. 6 para. 4(7) (with s. 49(4), Sch. 7 para. 12(3)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/14/schedule/9/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:19.577483+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."
}