(1)An enlisting officer may enlist as men in any reserve force such persons as he considers suitable.
(2)In this Part “enlisting officer” means—
(a)a lord-lieutenant or deputy lieutenant holding office under [F1the Lieutenancies Act 1997];
(b)an officer of the regular services or of any reserve force;
(c)any consul-general, consul or vice consul or any other person duly exercising the functions of a British consul in any place outside the United Kingdom.
(3)A recruit may not be enlisted in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom which is specified for the purposes of this subsection by Her Majesty by Order in Council.
(4)Schedule 1 (enlistment of men in the reserve forces) shall have effect.
(5)[F2In this Act any reference to men enlisted in a reserve force, so far as relating to any of the reserve naval and marine forces, is a reference to men entered for service in that force.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 9 substituted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 23, ss. 8(2), 9(2) (with s. 7(3), Sch. 2 para. 6)
F2S. 9(5) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)