Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) Regulations 1982
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1982/834 |
| Year | 1982 |
1982 No. 834
DEFENCE
The Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) Regulations 198217thJune 1982
22ndJune 1982
1stSeptember 1982
The Defence Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966(a), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations:—
Citation and commencement
1. These regulations may be cited as the Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) Regulations 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1982.
Application and Interpretation
2.—(1) These regulations shall apply to entry in the Royal Navy as a rating and to the terms of service of persons who have so entered.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
"commanding officer" means the commanding officer of the ship, establishment or unit in which the person in question is serving;
"competent naval authority" means—
(i) the Defence Council;
(ii) the Admiralty Board;
(iii) the authorities specified in Schedule 1 hereto;
"the relevant date" means, in relation to a person, the date of his engagement to serve in the Royal Navy except that in relation to a person who enters before attaining the age of 18 years, "the relevant date" means the date of that person's attaining the age of 18 years.
(3) Reference in these Regulations to any person as the holder of an office shall in the event of a change in the title or abolition of that office be construed as a reference to the person who after such change or abolition shall exercise the functions previously exercised by such person referred to in these Regulations.
(a) 1966 c.45; section 2(1)(f) was amended by the Armed Forces Act 1976 (c.52), section 2.
Duration of terms of engagement
3.—(1) A person may be entered in the Royal Navy for a term beginning with the date of his engagement to serve in the Royal Navy and ending on a date falling not later than 22 years after the relevant date.
(2) The term for which a person may be entered may be a term wholly of naval service or may be a term partly of naval service and partly of service with the Royal Fleet Reserve.
Right to transfer to the reserve
4.—(1) Subject to Regulation 5 and paragraphs (4) and (5) of Regulation 8, a person who has entered the Royal Navy for a term of more than 5 years naval service may on or after attaining the age of 20 years 6 months give 18 months notice in writing to his commanding officer of his desire to be transferred to the reserve and he shall, upon the expiration of such notice, be so transferred:
Provided that no such notice may be given—
(a) until the expiration of 2 years 6 months from the completion by such person of his period of initial training; or
(b) in the event of there being an agreed period of naval service, so as to have effect prior to the expiration of such period.
(2) A person who has entered the Royal Navy for a term of naval service may, with the consent of the competent naval authority, on or after attaining the age of 19 years 6 months, give 18 months notice in writing to his commanding officer of his desire to be transferred to the reserve and he...
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