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Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 1772

DEFENCE

The Royal Marines Terms of Service (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 1966( 1 ) hereby make the following Regulations:โ€”

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Marines Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.

Amendments to Regulations

2. โ€”(1)The Royal Marines Terms of Service Regulations 1988( 2 ) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulations 6(2) (change in terms of enlistment) and 7(1) (right to transfer to the reserve) and in paragraphs (1) and (5) of regulation 11 (continuance in service), the words โ€œ12 months'โ€ shall be substituted for the words โ€œ18 months'โ€ wherever they appear.

(3) For regulation 10 (right of recruit to claim discharge) there shall be substitutedโ€”

โ€œ 10. โ€”(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person who enlists in the Royal Marines who has not previously so enlisted 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 person has completed 28 days' service and before the expiration of the period of 6 months beginning with the date of his attestation.

(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 marines are required by an order under paragraph 4B of Schedule 7 to the Army Act 1955 (continuation of service in the Royal Marines in imminent national danger) to continue in service in the Royal Marines, he shall not be discharged so long as marines are so required to continue in such service.

(5) In calculating any period of time referred to in this regulation, no account shall be taken of any day during the whole or part of which the person was absent either on leave or for an unauthorised purpose. โ€

(4) In the Schedule (Competent Authorities), the words โ€œThe Naval Secretaryโ€ shall in each case be substituted for the wordsโ€”

(a) โ€œMajor General Royal Marines, Training, Reserve and Special Forcesโ€;

(b) โ€œCommandant General Royal Marinesโ€; and

(c) โ€œThe Head of Naval Manpower and Training Division, Ministry of Defenceโ€.

Savings

3.The Royal Marines Terms of Service Regulations 1988 shall continue to apply without the amendment made by regulation 2(3) in relation to any person whose date of attestation is before 1st August 2000.

On behalf of the Defence Council

Mr John Spellar

ADM Sir Michael Boyce

Members of the Defence Council

4th July 2000

( 1 )

1966 c. 45 ; section 2(1)(f) was amended by section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52) . Other amendments have been made to section 2 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

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The Royal Marines Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (2000/1772)

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