[F2(1)In the application to a man to whom this subsection applies of section 9 of the Army Act 1955, or section 9 of the Air Force Act 1955 (which in either case provides, among other things, for postponement of discharge or transfer to the reserve where men of the reserve are called out for permanent service)—
(a)the amendments made by paragraphs 2 and 5 of Schedule 7 to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 shall not apply;
(b)the references to men of the reserve being called out for permanent service shall (notwithstanding anything in section 225(2) of the Army Act 1955 or section 223(2) of the Air Force Act 1955) include references to such men being called out under section 11 above or paragraph 16 of Schedule 8 to this Act.]
(2)Subsection (1) above applies to a man of the regular army, the Army Reserve, the regular air force or the Air Force Reserve who—
(a)is such a man in consequence of his having enlisted or re-engaged in one of those forces on or after 1st April 1967; or
(b)has elected irrevocably in the prescribed manner that subsection (1) shall apply to him.
F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 83 repealed (1.4.1997 except so far as relating to s. 83(1)(2) the repeal of which is stillprosp.) by 1996 c. 14, ss. 131(2), 132(4), Sch. 11 (wth s. 72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2
F2S. 83(1) substituted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/306, reg. 23