24 Commitments to a period of [F1full-time] service.U.K.
(1)A member of a reserve force may enter into a commitment in writing under this section [F2(a full-time service commitment)] to undertake a period of [F3full-time] service of such duration as may be specified in the commitment.
[F4(1A)The period of service specified in a commitment under this section (whether originally, or by virtue of a variation under subsection (5)(a))—
(a)may be a period of full-time service;
(b)so far as orders or regulations under section 4 permit, may—
(i)be a period of service on a part-time basis, or
(ii)include one or more periods of service on a part-time basis as well as one or more periods of full-time service.
(1B)Orders or regulations under section 4 may enable a commitment under this section to contemplate periods of special or extended leave.]
(2)A person who has entered into such a commitment—
(a)shall be in [F5full-time] service from the time specified in the commitment as the beginning of the period of [F5full-time] service to be undertaken by him until the time at which he is released from that service;
F6(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)shall perform such duties while he is in [F7full-time service] [F7service under the commitment] as he may, in accordance with the terms of the commitment and any orders or regulations under section 4, be required to perform.
(3)A [F8full-time service commitment] [F8commitment under this section]—
(a)shall specify the duties to be performed by the person concerned (in general or specific terms) and the period for which he has undertaken to be in [F9full-time service] [F9service under the commitment];
[F10(aa)must specify the place at which the person is to begin performing duties;]
(b)may, to the extent permitted by orders or regulations under section 4, limit the area within which he may be required to perform duties; and
(c)may contain such other terms relating to the duties to be performed by that person as are included in accordance with orders or regulations under section 4.
(4)A person who is in [F11full-time service] [F11service under a commitment under this section] may be required—
(a)to serve with any of the regular services for the purposes of performing duties in accordance with the commitment [F12concerned]; and
(b)subject to any limitation in the commitment, to perform such duties anywhere in the world.
(5)A [F13full-time service commitment] [F13commitment under this section]—
(a)may, with the consent of the member concerned, be varied in accordance with orders or regulations under section 4;
(b)may be revoked before the beginning of the specified period of [F14full-time] service by an authorised officer (whether at the request of the member concerned or otherwise) giving written notice to that effect to the member concerned; and
(c)shall terminate on the release of the member concerned from [F15full-time] service under the commitment.
(6)A person in [F16full-time service] [F16service under a commitment under this section] shall, if not released from service sooner, be entitled to be released from service with all convenient speed in the prescribed manner at the end of the period of service specified in the commitment.
(7)Where a person in [F17full-time service] [F17service under a commitment under this section] is accepted into permanent service under Part IV, V or VI—
(a)his [F18full-time service] [F18service under the commitment] shall cease while he is in permanent service; but
(b)if, on his release from permanent service, the period of [F19full-time] service undertaken by him [F20under the commitment] has not expired, he shall resume his [F21full-time service] [F21service under the commitment] for the remainder of that period.
(8)A person in [F22full-time service] [F22service under a commitment under this section] shall not be liable to be required to undergo training under section 22.
(9)The duties which a person in [F23full-time service] [F23service under a commitment under this section] may be required to perform may include undertaking training.
(10)In this section—
“authorised officer” means an officer authorised by or in accordance with directions of the Defence Council for the purposes of this section;
[F24“full-time service” means service under a full-time service commitment.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 24 heading omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(2), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F2Words in s. 24(1) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(3)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F3Word in s. 24(1) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(3)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F4S. 24(1A)(1B) inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(4), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F5Words in s. 24(2)(a) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(5)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F6S. 24(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. 30, Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
F7Words in s. 24(2)(c) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(5)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F8Words in s. 24(3) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(6)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F9Words in s. 24(3)(a) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(6)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F10S. 24(3)(aa) inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(6)(c), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F11Words in s. 24(4) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(7)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F12Word in s. 24(4)(a) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(7)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F13Words in s. 24(5) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(8)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F14Word in s. 24(5)(b) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(8)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F15Word in s. 24(5)(c) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(8)(c), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F16Words in s. 24(6) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(9), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F17Words in s. 24(7) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(10)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F18Words in s. 24(7)(a) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(10)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F19Word in s. 24(7)(b) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(10)(c)(i), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F20Words in s. 24(7)(b) inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(10)(c)(ii), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F21Words in s. 24(7)(b) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(10)(c)(iii), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F22Words in s. 24(8) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(11), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F23Words in s. 24(9) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(12), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)
F24Words in s. 24(10) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 9(13), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)