Schedule 2Reserve forces: flexibility of commitments
Part 1Consequential amendments
Reserve Forces Act 1996
1
The Reserve Forces Act 1996 is amended as follows.
2
(1)
Section 17 (postponement of discharge) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.
(3)
In subsection (2), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.
(4)
In subsection (4), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.
3
(1)
Section 26 (parliamentary control of commitments) is amended as follows.
(2)
“(a)
in service under section 24 commitments; or”.
(3)
In subsection (2), for “full-time service” substitute “service under section 24 commitments”.
(4)
In subsection (3), for “full-time service” substitute “service under section 24 commitments”.
4
(1)
Section 97 (failure to attend for duty or training) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
in the words before paragraph (a), for “full-time service” substitute “section 24”;
(b)
in paragraph (a), for “full-time service”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “section 24”, and omit “full-time” in the second place it occurs.
5
In subsection (1) of section 127 (interpretation)—
(a)
omit the definition of “full-time service commitment”, and
(b)
““section 24 commitment” means a commitment under section 24;”.
6
In Schedule 9 (application of Act to members of transitional classes), in paragraph 11, in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “full-time service commitment” substitute “commitment under that section”.
Armed Forces Act 2006
7
AFA 2006 is amended as follows.
8
In section 62 (time limit for charging Reserve Forces Act offences)—
(a)
in subsection (3)(c)(ii), for “full-time service” substitute “service under a commitment entered into under section 24 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996”;
(b)
omit subsection (3)(d).
9
In section 367 (persons subject to service law: regular and reserve forces), in subsection (2)(c), omit “full-time”.
Part 2Transitional provision
10
Regulations under section 24(4) may provide that any provision of section 9 or Part 1 of this Schedule is to have effect in relation to commitments under section 24 or 25 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 entered into before section 9 comes into force.