Section 9
Schedule 2U.K.Reserve forces: flexibility of commitments
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Part 1U.K.Consequential amendments
Reserve Forces Act 1996U.K.
1The Reserve Forces Act 1996 is amended as follows.
2(1)Section 17 (postponement of discharge) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.
(3)In subsection (2), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.
(4)In subsection (4), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.
3(1)Section 26 (parliamentary control of commitments) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (1)(a) substitute—
“(a)in service under section 24 commitments; or”.
(3)In subsection (2), for “full-time service” substitute “service under section 24 commitments”.
(4)In subsection (3), for “full-time service” substitute “service under section 24 commitments”.
4(1)Section 97 (failure to attend for duty or training) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)in the words before paragraph (a), for “full-time service” substitute “section 24”;
(b)in paragraph (a), for “full-time service”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “section 24”, and omit “full-time” in the second place it occurs.
5In subsection (1) of section 127 (interpretation)—
(a)omit the definition of “full-time service commitment”, and
(b)at the appropriate place, insert—
6In Schedule 9 (application of Act to members of transitional classes), in paragraph 11, in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “full-time service commitment” substitute “commitment under that section”.
Armed Forces Act 2006U.K.
7AFA 2006 is amended as follows.
8In section 62 (time limit for charging Reserve Forces Act offences)—
(a)in subsection (3)(c)(ii), for “full-time service” substitute “service under a commitment entered into under section 24 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996”;
(b)omit subsection (3)(d).
9In section 367 (persons subject to service law: regular and reserve forces), in subsection (2)(c), omit “full-time”.
Part 2U.K.Transitional provision
10U.K.Regulations under section 24(4) may provide that any provision of section 9 or Part 1 of this Schedule is to have effect in relation to commitments under section 24 or 25 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 entered into before section 9 comes into force.