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F1S. 37 repealed (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 14, s. 131(2), Sch. 11 (with s.72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2
A person to whom this section applies by virtue of section 39 below may, in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State, be called out in any year for training in the United Kingdom or elsewhere—
(a)for one period not exceeding 15 days, and
(b)for such other periods as may be prescribed, none of which shall exceed 36 hours without the consent of the person in question,
and may while so called out be attached to and trained with any body of Her Majesty’s forces.
(1)The persons to whom section 38 above applies are (subject to subsection (3) below)—
(a)any member of the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve who became such a member on or after 1st April 1967 otherwise than in consequence of his having enlisted in the regular army or the [F3regular air force] [F3Royal Air Force] before that day;
(b)any member of the Territorial Army who became such a member on or after 1st April 1967 by enlistment or re-engagement or by becoming an officer; and
F2(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 39 repealed (1.4.1997 except for s. 39(1)(a)(b) the repeal of which is stillprosp.)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
F3Words in s. 39(1)(a) substituted (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. 15; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
(1)Every man of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force shall, by way of preliminary training during the first year of his original enlistment—
(a)if so provided by Order in Council, and
(b)for such periods not exceeding in the whole the number of days specified by the Order in Council,
be trained at such places within the United Kingdom and at such times as may be prescribed, and for that purpose may be called out once or more often.
(2)Whether or not such an Order in Council has been made he shall attend the number of drills and instructional parades and fulfil the other conditions prescribed for a recruit in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
(3)The requirements of this section are in addition to the requirements of this Act relating to annual training.
(1)Every man of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force shall by way of annual training be trained for not less than 8 or more than 15 days in every year at such times and at such places within the United Kingdom as may be prescribed, and may for that purpose be called out once or more often in every year.
(2)Every such man shall attend the number of drills and instructional parades and fulfil the other conditions relating to training prescribed for the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
(3)The requirements of this section may be dispensed with in whole or in part—
(a)as respects any unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force by the prescribed air officer, and
(b)as respects an individual man of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, by his commanding officer subject to any general directions of the prescribed air officer.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 41(1) modified (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 14, S. 128, Sch. 8 para. 10; S.I. 1997/305 art. 2(1)
Her Majesty may by order in Council made in relation to all or any part of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force direct—
(a)that the period of annual training in any year shall be extended to such period not exceeding 30 days as may be specified in the Order; or
(b)that the period of annual training in any year shall be reduced to such period as to Her Majesty may seem fit; or
(c)that the annual training in any year shall be dispensed with.
Section 23 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (power to exempt persons from or relax training obligations) shall apply to persons to whom this Act applies other than members of the Royal Naval Reserve or the Royal Fleet Reserve as if in section 23 for the words “section 22” wherever they appear there were substituted the words “the Reserve Forces Act 1980”.]
Textual Amendments
F4S. 42A inserted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/306, reg. 21
Textual Amendments
F5S. 43 repealed (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 14, ss. 131(2), 132(4), Sch. 11 (with s. 72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2
[F6(1)Any member of the Ulster Defence Regiment may, in accordance with regulations under Part VII of this Act, be required to undergo training in Northern Ireland in any year—
(a)for one or more periods which shall not exceed 12 days in the aggregate and of which—
(i)none shall exceed 8 consecutive days, and
(ii)except with his consent, not more than 2 shall exceed 36 consecutive hours, and
(b)for such other periods as may be prescribed, none of which shall except with his consent exceed 2 hours,
and may while so undergoing training be attached to and trained with any body of Her Majesty’s forces which is for the time being in Northern Ireland.
(2)Regulations under that Part may provide—
(a)for securing that subsection (1) above shall not apply to persons of such descriptions as may be prescribed to whom but for the regulations that subsection would apply; and
(b)for relaxing, in such cases as may be prescribed, the liability imposed by subsection (1) on members of the force.]
Textual Amendments
F6S. 44 repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 14 para. 16, Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 44 applied (with modifications) (1.7.1992) by Army Act 1992 (c. 39), ss. 3(2)(3), 5
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