# The Royal Marines Terms of Service Regulations 2006, Regulation 4: Right to transfer to the reserve


(1) Subject to regulation 5, a person who is serving in the Royal Marines for a term of 4 or more years may give 12 months’ notice in writing to his commanding officer of his desire to be transferred to the reserve and he shall, upon expiration of such notice, be so transferred.
(2) No such notice may be given until the expiration of 2 years and 6 months from the date he completed his period of initial training.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2917/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/royal-marines-terms-of-service-regulations-2006/regulation-4
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