Reserve Forces Act 1980

36 Recall notices deemed served on personal attendance

(1) Where a person who is liable to be recalled into service under section 31 or section 34 above—

(a) attends in person at such place as may be prescribed, and

(b) presents himself for service to such authority as may be prescribed, and

(c) is informed by that authority that by virtue of this subsection he is accepted for service,

he shall be deemed to have been served with a notice under section 33 above or section 35 above, as the case may be, specifying the time at which he is informed and the place at which he attends.

(2) Where subsection (1) above takes effect—

(a) so much of section 33(1) above as—

(i) provides for a notice under that section to specify the authority to whom a person is to present himself, and

(ii) requires the time of recall specified by such a notice to be not earlier than the third day after the service of the notice,

shall not apply to a notice which is deemed to be served on that person under subsection (1); and

(b) any notice previously issued for that person under section 33 or 35, as the case may be, shall cease to have effect, but without prejudice to any liability arising from his failure to comply with the notice before he attends as described in subsection (1).