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  Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill - Clause 1 - Part Time Service in the Armed Forces and Breaks from Full-Time Service
  
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  The majority of members of the House of Lords voted in favour of allowing members of the armed forces to serve part time and against allowing a member of the regular armed services to take breaks from full-time service.
  
  The House of Lords was considering the Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 6 and 7 and insertââ(ha) enabling a person serving with a regular force to take breaks from full-time service subject to prescribed conditions
  
  At the time of the vote [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0068/lbill_2017-20190068_en_2.htm#l1g1 Clause 1] began:
  
  
  :''Regular forces: part-time service and geographic restrictions''
  
  :(1) The [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/contents Armed Forces Act 2006] is amended as follows.
  
  :(2) [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/329 Section 329 (terms and conditions of enlistment and service)] is amended in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).
  
  :(3) In subsection (2)â
  
  :(a) after paragraph (h) insertâ
  
  :â(ha) enabling a person to serve with a regular force on a part-time basis;â, and ...
  
  Lines 6-7 refer to subclause (3)(a)
  
  
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/armedforcesflexibleworking.html Parliament's webpage on the Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill]
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