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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Army and Royal Air Force (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 27th November 2024.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the British overseas territories except Gibraltar.
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The Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
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In regulation 2(3), in the definition of “the competent military authority”, for “the Director of Manning (Army)” substitute “the Head of Personnel Policy (Army)”.
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In regulation 15—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), omit “of a duration of less than 2 weeks”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—“
(a) in relation to permission to undergo a course of instructions, the period to be specified in the written consent;”;
(ii) omit sub-paragraph (b).
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In each place it occurs—
(a) for “he attains” substitute “they attain”;
(b) for “he completes” substitute “they complete”;
(c) for “he exercises” substitute “they exercise”;
(d) for “he had” substitute “they had”;
(e) for “he has” substitute “they have”;
(f) for “he is” substitute “they are”;
(g) for “he may” substitute “they may”;
(h) for “he shall” substitute “they shall”;
(i) for “he was” substitute “they were”;
(j) for “he will” substitute “they will”;
(k) for “he wishes” substitute “they wish”;
(l) for “he would” substitute “they would”;
(m) for “him” substitute “them”;
(n) for “his” substitute “their”.
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The Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with regulation 7 and 8.
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In regulation 12—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), omit “of a duration of not less than 3 weeks”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—“
(a) in relation to permission to undergo a course of instruction, the period to be specified in the written consent;”;
(ii) omit sub-paragraph (b).
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In each place it occurs—
(b) for “he completes” substitute “they complete”;
(c) for “he is” substitute “they are”;
(d) for “he gives” substitute “they give”;
(e) for “he may” substitute “they may”;
(f) for “him” substitute “them”;
(g) for “his” substitute “their”.
On Behalf of the Defence Council
Richard Knighton
Roland Walker
Members of the Defence Council
Ministry of Defence
15th October 2024