P1C15 Servicemen.
1
Without prejudice to the generality of section 1 above, regulations made under that section may provide that where a person is a member of a police force immediately before—
a
he undertakes compulsory national service;
b
he undertakes any other service of a description specified in Schedule 1 to the M1Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951; or
c
he attends for hourly instruction as defined in section 42 of that Act;
the period of that service or attendance and such further period, if any, as may be specified in the regulations may be treated, in such manner, to such extent and on such conditions as to contributions or otherwise as may be so specified, as a period of service as a member of a police force.
2
A person who, before 5th July 1948, had ceased to be a member of a police force in order to undertake—
a
any service by virtue of which he was at that date a person to whom section 1 of the M2Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939 applied; or
b
compulsory national service;
shall, in such circumstances and to such extent as may be provided by regulations made under section 1 above, be treated as if he had been still a member of a police force at that date.
3
In this section, “compulsory national service” means service in any of the armed forces of the Crown undertaken by virtue of an enlistment notice or a training notice served under the National Service Acts 1939 to 1947 or under Part I of the M3National Service Act 1948 (as the case may require), or work or training in pursuance of an order made or direction given under Part I of the said Act of 1948 as respects a conditionally registered conscientious objector.