The Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007

Return of service commitment

15.—(1) A person who, in consideration of—

(a) being permitted to undergo a course of instruction of a duration of not less than 2 weeks;

(b) being permitted to transfer to a corps different from the one in which he was previously serving; or

(c) being permitted to receive any other benefit or advantage,

consents in writing to be restricted in the exercise of any right conferred by regulation 9(1), 10(1) or 11(1), shall not have the right to determine his service or to be transferred to the reserve pursuant to those regulations before the expiration of the appropriate period which shall be specified in such consent and shall begin with the date on which he completes such course of instruction or such transfer takes effect or such other date as is specified in such consent.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1) “the appropriate period” shall be—

(a) in relation to permission to undergo a course of instruction the duration of which is not more than 3 months, a period of not more than 1 year;

(b) in relation to permission to undergo a course of instruction of longer duration, a period of not more than 6 years;

(c) in relation to permission to transfer to another corps, a period of not more than 4 years; and

(d) in relation to the receipt of any other benefit or advantage, a period of not more than 6 years.

(3) Any consent given under paragraph (1) by a person at a time when he had not attained the age of 17 years 6 months may be revoked by notice in writing given by that person to his commanding officer not more than 28 days after he attains the age of 18.

(4) A person who has given his consent under paragraph (1) may, if the competent military authority approve in writing, revoke that consent.

(5) A person enlisted in the regular army before the coming into force of these Regulations who had given an undertaking pursuant to any previous enactment not to determine his service before the expiration of the period specified in that undertaking, shall not have the right before the expiration of that period to be transferred to the reserve under regulation 11 or to determine his service.