{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-air-force-terms-of-service-regulations-2007/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/650",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-air-force-terms-of-service-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Engagement with right to transfer to the reserve, on notice (the notice engagement)",
  "text": "(1) A person who has reached the age of 16 years may be enlisted in the Royal Air Force for a term (which may include service in the reserve) of not less than 3 years’ nor more than 9 years’ air force service from the relevant date with the right to be transferred to the reserve on or at any time after the expiration of 3 years after the end of his period of training, such right being exercisable in accordance with regulation 10 and subject to regulation 12.\n(2) A person enlisted pursuant to this regulation shall retain the right conferred thereby to transfer to the reserve notwithstanding that his term is extended under regulation 14(1).\n(3) A person enlisted pursuant to this regulation may apply by notice in writing to his commanding officer to be treated as if he had been enlisted pursuant to regulation 3 for a term equal in length to the term for which he was enlisted under this regulation; and, if the competent air force authority approves his application, he shall be so treated from the date on which his application is approved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/3068",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/3068",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/650/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:59:15.047031+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."
}