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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-air-force-terms-of-service-regulations-2007/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/650",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 2007",
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  "path": "regulation/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Right of recruits to determine service",
  "text": "(1) A recruit shall have the right to determine his service by giving 14 days’ notice in writing to his commanding officer subject to the following provisions of this regulation.\n(2) Such notice shall not have effect unless it is given after the person concerned has completed 28 days’ service excluding leave and before the expiration of 6 months from the date of his attestation.\n(3) If such notice expires at a time when airmen are required by an order under section 10 of the Act (continuation of air force service in imminent national danger) to continue in air force service, the recruit’s service shall not be determined so long as airmen are so required to continue in air force service.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/650/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:59:15.047031+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."
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