Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951

52 Service to which Part V applies and interpretation

(1) The relevant service to which this Part of this Act applies is any relevant service except—

(a) compulsory national service, or service of a description specified in sub-paragraph (vi), (vii) or (viii) of paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to this Act; or

(b) service of a description specified in paragraph 2 of the said First Schedule to which a maximum period of fifteen days is attached, or service of a description specified in paragraph 7 of the said First Schedule performed under an obligation or voluntary arrangements under which its continuous duration is limited to fifteen days or less.

(2) In this Part of this Act—

(a) the expression " service pay " means pay for performing relevant service to which this Part of this Act applies, and includes marriage, family and other similar allowances, and

(b) the reference to the appropriate proportion of the service pay of a person previously occupied in several capacities specified in the Second Schedule to this Act shall, in relation to any one of those capacities, be construed as a reference to the proportion which the rate at which he was last remunerated in that capacity bears to that rate plus the rate at which he was last remunerated in each of the other capacities.

(3) In this Part of this Act the expression " remuneration " means salaries, wages and emoluments, but any reference to the remuneration which a person received or would receive shall be construed as a reference to the net remuneration after deducting any expenses which he incurred or would have incurred in the payment of salaries or other sums to persons employed by him in connection with the duties in respect of which he received or would receive the remuneration and any office expenses in connection with those duties.