The Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) Regulations 2009

Certificate of discharge

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6.—(1) On being discharged, an enlisted person shall be given a certificate of discharge containing—

(a)his full name, rank or rate and service number;

(b)the date and place of his enlistment or of the commencement of his service;

(c)if he is being discharged having performed duties as a member of the regular forces, a signed assessment by an officer as to his conduct and character;

(d)the date of his discharge and the service or corps from which he is discharged;

(e)a statement of his liability, if any, to service in the reserve forces; and

(f)the signature of the competent authority or other person by whom he is discharged.

(2) In this regulation “corps” means any body of the regular army that may from time to time be declared by Royal Warrant to be a corps.