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The Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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Contents: 6 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 2 Amendment of the Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
  4. 3 Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)
  5. 4 Amendment to regulation 6 (certificate of discharge)
  6. 5 Substitution of gender-neutral language

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6 provisions

Title and introductory text

2025 No. 218 DEFENCE The Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Made 25th February 2025 Laid before Parliament 3rd March 2025 Coming into force 24th March 2025 The Defence Council makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 331 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.

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1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. (2) These Regulations come into force on 24th March 2025. (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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2 Amendment of the Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

The Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.

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3 Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)

In regulation 2(2)(b), for “Director of Manning (Army)” substitute “Head of Personnel Policy (Army)”.

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4 Amendment to regulation 6 (certificate of discharge)

In regulation 6(1)— (a) in sub-paragraph (b) omit “and place”; (b) omit sub-paragraph (c).

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5 Substitution of gender-neutral language

(1) In regulations 2(2), 3, 4, 5(1), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 20(5) and 21(1), in each place it occurs, for “him” substitute “them”. (2) In regulation 4, in both places those words occur, for “he consents” substitute “they consent”. (3) In regulations 4, 5, 6(1), 7, 8, 13(3), 14, 18, 19 and 20(3), in each place it occurs, for “his” substitute “their”. (4) In regulations 4, 5(1), 18 and 21(1), in each place it occurs, for “he shall” substitute “they shall”. (5) In regulations 4, 6(1) and 8(8), in each place it occurs, for “he is” substitute “they are”. (6) In regulation 5(1), for “he intends” substitute “they intend”. (7) In regulations 7(4) and 20(3), for “he wishes” substitute “they wish”. (8) In regulation 8— (a) in paragraph (1), in both places those words occur, for “he would” substitute “they would”; (b) in paragraph (6)— (i) for “he could” substitute “they could”; (ii) in both places those words occur, for “he had” substitute “they had”; (c) in paragraph (7)— (i) for “he makes” substitute “they make”; (ii) for “he may” substitute “they may”. (9) In regulation 18(5), for “he has” substitute “they have”. (10) In regulation 20— (a) in paragraph (2), for “he belongs” substitute “they belong”; (b) in each place it occurs, for “he was” substitute “they were”. (11) In regulation 21(1), for “he be” substitute “they be”.

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