Reserve Forces Act 1980

32 Occasion for and period of recall under s. 31

(1) An army pensioner liable under section 31 above to be recalled for service may be recalled at any time when persons of the Army Reserve are called out for permanent service.

In this subsection the expression " called out for permanent service " means called out for permanent service under section 10 above, or under section 18(1) above.

(2) An air force pensioner liable under section 31 to be recalled for service may be recalled at any time when persons of the Air Force Reserve are called out for permanent service.

In this subsection the expression " called out for permanent service" means called out for permanent service under section 10, or under section 20(1) above.

(3) A person recalled for service under section 31—

(a) shall be deemed to be enlisted in the regular forces or the regular air force, according as he was an army pensioner or an air force pensioner, for the period mentioned in subsection (4) below, unless

(b) on his recall he requires to be enlisted for that period in accordance with section 2 of the [1955 c. 18.] Army Act 1955, or section 2 of the [1955 c. 19.] Air Force Act 1955, as the case may require, and upon such enlistment he shall not be deemed to have been enlisted by virtue of paragraph (a) above.

(4) The period referred to in subsection (3) above is one—

(a) beginning with the time as from which a person is recalled for service under section 31, and

(b) ending with such date as Her Majesty may by Order in Council declare to be the end of the emergency which was the occasion of the calling out for permanent service of persons of the reserve in question.

(5) Nothing in the following provisions shall prejudice the operation of the provisions of this section—

(a) the provisions of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 as to the term for which a person may be enlisted;

(b) the provisions of the [1961 c. 52.] Army and Air Force Act 1961 corresponding to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (a) above; and

(c) the provisions of section 2 of the [1966 c. 45.] Armed Forces Act 1966 and regulations made under that section corresponding to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (a).