Reserve Forces Act 1980

[F218 Permanent service call out of [F1Regular Reserve] .U.K.

[F3(1)Any officer or man of the [F1Regular Reserve] shall be liable to be called out for permanent service on home defence service whenever an order under section 52(1)(b) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 is in force.]

[F4(1A)Sections 50(6), and 52(3) to (6) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 shall apply to persons subject to this section as if they were persons to whom section 52 of that Act applied.]

(2)Where a man of the [F1Regular Reserve] is called out for permanent service—

(a)he may be appointed to any corps;

(b)[F5subsection (3) of section 3 of the M1Army Act 1955 shall apply to him as it applies to a soldier of the regular forces.]

F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F2S. 18 repealed (1.4.1997 except so far as it relates to s. 18(1)(2) the repeal of which is stillprosp.) by 1996 c. 14, s. 131(2), Sch. 11 (with s. 72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2

F3S. 18(1) substituted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/306, art. 5(a)

F4S. 18(1A) inserted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/306, art. 5(b)

F5S. 18(2)(b) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 14 para. 3, Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

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