Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) (Amendment) Regulations 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2003/1985 |
1985 No. 2003
DEFENCE
The Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) (Amendment) Regulations 198517thDecember 1985
20thDecember 1985
1stFebruary 1986
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) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1986.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Royal Navy Terms of Service (Ratings) Regulations 1982(b).
Amendments to the Principal Regulations
3. The Principal Regulations shall have effect as if—
(a) There were inserted after Regulation 3 the following further Regulation—
"Change in terms of engagement
3A—(1) Any person who is serving in naval service under a term of service which he entered into before the commencement of these Regulations may, at any time during the term for which he is entered, give to his Commanding Officer notice in writing of his desire to be treated as if he had entered for a term of naval service under Regulation 3, and if his Commanding Officer approves, he shall from the date specified in such approval be treated in respect of his service thereafter as if he had so entered and not, subject to the provision of paragraph (2) below, otherwise.
(2) The right to give 18 months notice of transfer to the reserve conferred by Regulation 4 may not be exercised by a person to whom paragraph (1) above applies unless he has completed by that time such a period of service as would, when added to the 18 months
(a) 1966 c. 45; section 2(1)(f) was amended by the Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), section 2.
(b) S.I. 1982/834.
notice, be not less than the period to which he became committed (if any), in consideration of his being permitted to undergo a course of instruction or of receiving any other benefit or advantage, under a term of service entered into by him before the commencement of these Regulations, or unless, in any other case, he has completed not less than 2 years 6 months service from the completion of his period of initial training or from the relevant date, whichever is the later";
(b) at the end of Regulation 8(1) there were added the following words—
"and he shall not then be entitled at the expiration of that term to leave naval service unless...
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