The Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2007/3382 |
| Year | 2007 |
2007 No. 3382
defence
The Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007
Made 29th November 2007
Laid before Parliament 3rd December 2007
Coming into force 1st January 2008
The Defence Council make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 19661.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st January 2008.
Application and interpretation
2.—(1) These Regulations shall apply to enlistment in the regular army and to the terms and conditions of service of persons who have so enlisted.
(2) These Regulations shall not apply to enlistment in the Royal Marines.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the 1955 Act” means the Army Act 19552;
“competent military authority” shall be interpreted in accordance with regulation 17;
“recruit” means—
(a) a person enlisted in the regular army who has not previously so enlisted;
(b) a person who has been discharged by a competent military authority in accordance with regulations made under Part 1 of the 1955 Act as not finally approved for service and who has not subsequently been re-enlisted in the regular army; and
“reserve” means the Army Reserve.
Types of engagement
3. A person may be enlisted to serve in the regular army on one of the following types of engagement—
(a) short service;
(b) versatile; or
(c) local service.
Short service engagement
4. A person who enlists on a short service engagement shall be enlisted for a term which expires on a date falling between 6 months and 12 years after the date of his enlistment.
Versatile engagement
5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person who enlists on a versatile engagement shall be enlisted for a term which expires 12 years after the date of his enlistment.
(2) A person who enlists on a versatile engagement in a corps which the competent military authority has approved for this purpose may be enlisted for a term which expires either 24 or 30 years after the date of his enlistment.
(3) A person who has enlisted for a term of service in accordance with paragraph (1) may, after he has completed 3 years’ service, be selected for further service in the regular army for an additional term of the following duration—
(a)
(a) 12 years commencing on the date his service would otherwise end; or
(b)
(b) if he will attain the age of 55 years before the expiry of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a), until the date on which he attains that age.
(4) A person who is selected for further service under paragraph (3) will be notified in writing by the competent military authority and he may, at any time before he has completed 10 years’ service, exercise the option to undertake such further service.
(5) A person who has enlisted for a term of 24 years’ service under paragraph (2) or who has exercised an option to undertake further service under paragraph (4) so as to serve for such a term may, after he has completed 6 years’ service, be selected for further service in the regular army for an additional term of the following duration—
(a)
(a) 6 years commencing on the date his service would otherwise end; or
(b)
(b) if he will attain the age of 55 years before the expiry of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a), until the date on which he attains that age.
(6) A person who is selected for further service under paragraph (5) will be notified in writing by the competent military authority and he may, at any time before he has completed 22 years’ service, exercise the option to undertake such further service.
(7) A person who has enlisted for a term of 30 years’ service under paragraph (2) or who has exercised an option to undertake further service under paragraph (4) or (6) may be selected for further service in the regular army for an additional term as described in paragraph (8).
Provided that a person may only be selected for further service in the regular army under this paragraph after he has completed the following number of years’ service in the regular army—
(a) in the case of a person who has exercised an option to extend his service under paragraph (4) or (6) to serve until he attains the age of 55, 6 years; or
(b) in the case of a person who has enlisted for a term of 30 years’ service under paragraph (2) or who has exercised an option to extend his service to serve for such a term under paragraph (6), 25 years.
(8) The additional term of service under paragraph (7) will be either of the duration specified in paragraph (5) or of such other duration (whether longer or shorter) as the competent military authority may exceptionally decide and in any case expiring no later than the date on which the person in question will attain the age of 65.
(9) A person who is selected for further service under paragraph (7) will be notified in writing by the competent military authority and he may exercise the option to undertake such further service provided there are at least 2 years unexpired before the date his service is due to end.
(10) A person who wishes to exercise an option to undertake further service under paragraph (4), (6) or (9) shall give notice in writing to the competent military authority specifying the additional term of service he wishes to undertake and, upon receipt of the notice by the competent military authority, he shall be treated as if he had enlisted for a term which expires at the end of the additional term.
(11) A person who has exercised an option to undertake further service under paragraph (9) may be selected for one or more additional term of further service in the regular army as provided in paragraphs (7) and (8) and if he is so selected paragraphs (9) and (10) shall apply to any such subsequent further service as they applied to the first term of further service.
6. A person enlisted on a versatile engagement who is not selected for further service under regulation 5(3) or (5) will be given notice to that effect at least 12 months before his service is otherwise due to end and may apply in writing to the competent military authority to be continued in service for such further period, not exceeding 2 years from the date his service would otherwise end, as the competent military authority decides.
Local service engagement
7.—(1) A person who has attained the age of 18 years may be enlisted for local service.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, “local service” means full-time service in the regular army where, subject to paragraph (5), the person enlisted restricts his service to a particular area in the United Kingdom (referred to in this regulation as his “area of service”).
(3) Before being enlisted for local service, a person shall be required to give the recruiting officer enlisting him notice in writing specifying the area in the United Kingdom to which his service is to be restricted.
(4) Subject to paragraph (7), the area of service of any person enlisted for local service shall be the area specified in the notice given in accordance with paragraph (3).
(5) A person enlisted for local service may volunteer to serve outside his area of service; otherwise, he may only be required to serve outside his area of service for a total of no more than 30 days in any year or in any part of a year during which his term of service has effect.
(6) A person enlisted for local service may apply by notice in writing to the competent military authority to alter his area of service, specifying in the notice the area in the United Kingdom to which his service would be restricted if his application were to be approved.
(7) If the competent military authority signify their approval in writing to an application made under paragraph (6), the person’s area of service shall be, from such date as may be specified in the notice of approval, the area specified in the notice given by him under that paragraph.
(8) Regulations 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 shall not apply to a person enlisted for local service.
(9) In this regulation—
“recruiting officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the 1955 Act3; and
“year” shall mean the period of 12 months beginning on 1st January.
8.—(1) The length of the term of a person enlisted for local service shall be 3 years beginning with the date of his enlistment.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person enlisted for local service may apply to the competent military authority to extend his term—
(a)
(a) by a period of 3 years; or
(b)
(b) if he will attain the age of 55 years before the expiry of the period referred to in...
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