Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9)

Part II U.K. Call Out and Recall

Recall of service pensioners and former soldiers U.K.

[F1 36 Application of sections 71, 73 to 75 and 77 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to persons recalled under section 30, 31 or 34 U.K.

(1) Section 71 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 shall apply to those liable to be recalled under section 30, 31 or 34 above as it applies to those to whom section 66 of that Act applies, but with the following amendments—

(a) section 71(5) of that Act shall apply to persons liable to be recalled under section 31 or 34 above as if for the first two lines there were substituted—

“When a call-out order under section 52 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 is in force, and men of the [F2 Regular Reserve] or the Air Force Reserve, as the case may be, are in permanent service under it, any person who is thereby liable to be recalled under section 31 or 34 above who—”

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(b) section 71(6) shall apply as if for paragraph (b) of that subsection there were substituted—

(b) “ he shall be deemed to have been recalled for service under section 30, 31 or 34 as the case may be.”

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(2) Sections 73 and 74 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 shall apply to those liable to recall under section 30, 31 or 34 above as they apply to those liable to recall under Part VII of that Act.

(3) Section 75 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 shall apply to those liable to recall under section 30, 31 or 34 above as if—

(a) the reference in subsection (1) to section 66(1) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 were a reference to sections 30, 31 and 34 above;

(b) for subsection (2) there were substituted—

(2) “The regulations shall secure that a person liable to provide information by virtue of this section shall cease to be liable to provide such information after he ceases to be a person liable to recall by virtue of section 31(4) of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 or, if section 34 applies to him, he reaches the age mentioned in section 34(2) of that Act or on such other grounds as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 73(a) F3 . . ..”

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(4) Section 77 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 shall have effect in relation to persons liable to recall under section 30, 31 or 34 as if the words “this Part” included a reference to sections 30 to 36A inclusive of the Reserve Forces Act 1980.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 36 substituted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/306, reg. 19

F2 Words in Act substituted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 44(3)(a)(4)50(1) (with s. 49(3)(5)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(a)

F3 Words in s. 36(3)(b) repealed (1.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/3086, reg. 12