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The Armed Forces (Enlistment) Regulations 2009
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4.—(1) A recruiting officer shall not enlist a person under the age of 16.
(2) Any purported enlistment of a person under the age of 16 shall be void; but this is subject to paragraph (3).
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to a person’s enlistment if the recruiting officer enlisting him is satisfied, by the production of a certified copy of an entry in the register of births or by any other evidence appearing to him to be sufficient, that the person has reached the age of 16.
(4) Where a recruiting officer has attested a person’s enlistment in accordance with regulation 7(5), his attestation shall for the purposes of paragraph (3) be sufficient evidence that he was satisfied that the person had reached the age of 16, unless the contrary is proved.
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