Air Force Act 1955

Sections 20, 213.

SECOND SCHEDULE Persons entitled to object to Enlistment of National Service men on Regular Engagement

An objection under subsection (3) of section twenty of this Act may be made, in any of the circumstances specified in the first column of the following table, by the person or either of the persons specified in relation thereto in the second column of that table.

TABLE

Circumstances	Person or persons entitled to object
1. Where the person enlisted is legitimate, and both his parents are living:
(a) if his parents are living together;	Both parents.
(b) if his parents are divorced or separated by order of any court or by agreement;	The parent to whom the custody of the person enlisted is committed by order of the court or by the agreement, or, if the custody of the person enlisted is so committed to one parent during part of the year and to the other parent during the rest of the year, both parents.
(c) if one parent has been deserted by the other;	The parent who has been deserted.
(d) if both parents have been deprived of custody of the person enlisted by order of the court.	The person to whose custody the person enlisted is committed by order of the court.
2. Where the person enlisted is legitimate and one parent is dead:
(a) if there is no guardian;	The surviving parent.
(b) if a guardian has been appointed by the deceased parent.	The surviving parent and the guardian (if acting) jointly, or the surviving parent or the guardian if the parent or guardian is the sole guardian of the person enlisted.
3. Where the person enlisted is legitimate, and both parents are dead.	The guardian or guardians appointed by the deceased parents or by the court under section four of the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1925.
4. Where the person enlisted is illegitimate, and his mother is alive.	The mother, or if she has by order of any court been deprived of the custody of the person enlisted, the person to whom the custody of the person enlisted has been committed by order of the court.
5. Where the person enlisted is illegitimate, and his mother is dead.	The guardian appointed by his mother or by the court under section four of the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1925.