{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-marines-terms-of-service-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-marines-terms-of-service-regulations-1988/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1395",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Marines Terms of Service Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-marines-terms-of-service-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Special terms of service",
  "text": "(1) A person who has at any time completed a term of service in the Royal Marines may be re-enlisted for a special term of service in the Royal Marines being a term—\n(a) wholly of service in the Royal Marines;\n(b) expiring not later than 5 years from the date of his attestation;\n(c) to which regulations 6 and 7, and regulations 9 to 11 shall not apply.\n(2) Subject to regulation 8, a person who has enlisted in the Royal Marines under this regulation may, at any time during the term for which he enlisted, give 6 months notice in writing to his commanding officer of his desire to be discharged and he shall, upon the expiration of such notice, be so discharged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/201",
      "affecting_title": "The Royal Marines Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1395/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:01:00.569210+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."
}