83 Supplementary provisions as respects the Reserve.U.K.
(1)Subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may determine, there shall be payable to members of the Merchant Navy Reserve such pay, bounties and allowances as he may determine.
(2)The Secretary of State may make such payments as he thinks fit in connection with the training and certification of members of the Merchant Navy Reserve (including payments to persons undergoing such training and payments in connection with the re-validation of certificates).
(3)The Secretary of State shall not make any determination under subsection (1) above, or any payment under subsection (2) above, except with the consent of the Treasury.
(4)Where any person is called into service by virtue of regulations under section 82—
(a)the provisions of the M1Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 shall apply to that person as if any service rendered by him in pursuance of the call-out were whole-time service within the meaning of that Act; and
(b)any service so rendered shall be relevant service within the meaning of the M2Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951.