(1)The Defence Council may by regulations make provision with respect to—
(a)the discharge of members of the regular forces of or below the rank or rate of warrant officer;
(b)the transfer of such persons to the reserve forces.
(2)The regulations may in particular make provision with respect to—
(a)authorisation of a person's discharge or transfer to a reserve force;
(b)the status of a person who is entitled to be, but has not yet been, discharged or transferred to a reserve force.
(3)The regulations may also in particular make provision conferring on a warrant officer (other than an acting warrant officer) a right to be discharged—
(a)following his reduction in rank or rate; or
(b)following his reduction in rank or rate in prescribed circumstances.
(4)The regulations may also in particular make provision enabling—
(a)the discharge of a person from the regular forces (including by virtue of subsection (3)), or
(b)the transfer of a person to a reserve force,
to be postponed in prescribed circumstances.
Commencement Information
I1S. 331 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
I2S. 331 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4