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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-air-force-terms-of-service-regulations-2007/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/650",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 2007",
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  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Duration of terms of enlistment",
  "text": "(1) A person may be enlisted in the Royal Air Force for such a term as is specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation beginning with the date of his attestation.\n(2) The term referred to in paragraph (1) shall be a term expiring on a date falling between 6 months and 22 years after the relevant date.\n(3) The term for which a person may be enlisted may be a term wholly of air force service or may be a term partly of air force service and partly of service with the air force reserve.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/650/regulation/3",
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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."
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