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5.—(1) Where a person under the age of 18 (“the young person”) offers to enlist in the regular forces and an appropriate person can be identified in relation to him, he shall not be enlisted unless written consent to the enlistment has been given—
(a)where he is living with one or more appropriate persons, by each such person;
(b)where he is not living with any appropriate person, by such a person.
(2) In this regulation references to an appropriate person are to—
(a)a person with parental responsibility (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989(1) or the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2)) for the young person;
(b)a person with parental responsibilities (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995(3)) in relation to the young person; or
(c)where there is no such person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), or after reasonable enquiry it cannot be ascertained whether there is any such person, any person in whose care the young person may be.
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