(1)All officers in the Territorial Army shall hold commissions from Her Majesty, and such commissions shall be prepared, authenticated and issued in the manner in which commissions of officers in Her Majesty’s land forces are prepared, authenticated and issued, according to any law or custom for the time being in force.
(2)The holder of a land forces commission F1may be placed on the active list of officers of the Territorial Army, and while on that list shall be an officer of that reserve.
For the purposes of this subsection “active list” has such meaning as may be prescribed.
(3)Any reference—
(a)in the M1Army Act 1955, and
(b)in such other enactment (if any) as may be prescribed for the purposes of this subsection,
to an officer holding a commission in the Territorial Army shall be construed as including a reference to a person who is an officer of that reserve by virtue of subsection (2) above.
The power to make regulations under this subsection shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Armed Forces Act 1986 (c. 21, SIF 7:1), s. 16(2), Sch. 2
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