Key documents

Links to key Covenant documents are provided below.

Covenant publications

• The statement of the Armed Forces Covenant
• Armed Forces Covenant Annual Reports
• The Armed Forces Covenant: today and tomorrow

Covenant legislation

• Part 16A of the Armed Forces Act 2006 – the legislation that requires the Secretary of State to publish a Covenant Annual Report each year, and contains the Covenant Legal Duty.
• The Armed Forces (Covenant) Regulations 2022 – the legislation that defines ‘relevant family members’ for the purposes of the Covenant Legal Duty, and brings the Statutory Guidance into force.
• Covenant Legal Duty Statutory Guidance
• Covenant Legal Duty toolkit – a range of resources that provide further information about the Covenant Legal Duty.

Covenant research

• Covenant research documents by the Forces in Mind Trust