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331Discharge etc from the regular forces and transfer to the reserve forces
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(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.

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