Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Royal Marines Terms of Service Regulations 1988 (“the 1988 Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) amends regulations 7(1) and 11 of the 1988 Regulations so as to reduce from 18 to 12 months the notice period required to be given by a person exercising his right under those provisions to be discharged or transferred to the reserve. The amendments made to regulation 6(2) of the 1988 Regulations by regulation 2(2) are consequential to this change.

Regulation 2(3) substitutes a new regulation 10 into the 1988 Regulations which provides for the right of new recruits to determine their service. Under the new regulation, all recruits are entitled to determine service on the giving of 14 days' notice. Such notice may be given within the period starting after the recruit has completed 28 days' service and before he has completed 6 months' service. One of the effects of this change is that there are now no longer any circumstances in which a recruit is required to purchase his discharge.