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(2)A man of the [F2Army Reserve] or the Royal Auxiliary Air Force who is called out for permanent service shall, subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, be liable to serve—
(a)until Her Majesty no longer requires his services, or
(b)until the expiry of his term of service in that reserve or force,
whichever first occurs, and a member of the special class of the Royal Fleet Reserve who is called out for permanent service by virtue of section 11(1) shall be under a like liability to serve.
(3)The period or aggregate of the periods during which a man is called out for service by virtue of section 11(1) during the term of his current engagement shall not without his consent exceed 12 months.
(4)Where the time at which (apart from this subsection)—
(a)the term of service in the special class of the Royal Fleet Reserve of a man of that class would expire, or
(b)a man of the [F2Army Reserve] would be entitled to discharge,
occurs while he is called out for service by virtue of section 11(1), he may be required to continue in service under that subsection for such further period as may be ordered by—
(i)the Defence Council, or
(ii)an officer designated for the purposes of this subsection by the Defence Council,
but the period so ordered (together with the period or aggregate of the periods of the man’s service under section 11(1) apart from this subsection during the term of his current engagement) shall not exceed 12 months.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 13 repealed (1.4.1997 except so far as it relates to s. 13(2)-(4) the repeal of which is stillprosp.) by 1996 c. 14, ss. 131(2), 132(4), Sch. 11 (with s. 72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2
F2Words in Act substituted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 44(3)(b)(4)50(1) (with s. 49(3)(5)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(a)
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