Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2000/1771 |
| Year | 2000 |
2000 No. 1771
DEFENCE
The Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made 4th July 2000
Laid before Parliament 10th July 2000
Coming into force 1st August 2000
The Defence Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 19661hereby make the following Regulations:—
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.
Amendments to Regulations
2.—(1) The Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) Regulations 19822shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulations 3A(2) (change in terms of engagement) and 5(1) (restrictions on the right to give notice), and in paragraphs (1), (4) and (5) of regulation 8 (continuance in service), the words “12 months'” shall be substituted for the words “18 months'” wherever they appear.
(3) For regulation 4 (right to transfer to the reserve) there shall be substituted—
“4.—(1) Subject to regulations 3A(2) and 5, a person who has entered the Royal Navy for a term of service 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 or from the relevant date, whichever is the later.”
(4) For regulation 7 (right of recruit to claim discharge) there shall be substituted—
“7.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person who enters the Royal Navy who has not previously so entered shall have the right to determine his service by giving notice in writing to his commanding officer.
(2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall not have effect unless it is given after the recruit has completed 28 days' service and before the expiration of the period of 6 months beginning with the date of his engagement.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a person claiming his discharge by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be entitled to be discharged at the end of a period of 14 days beginning with the date on which he gave notice.
(4) If such notice expires at a time when ratings may be retained in service in the Royal Navy under the powers...
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