(1)In this Part of this Act:—
“competent air-force authority” means [F1the Defence Council] or any prescribed officer;
“date of attestation”, in relation to any person, means the date on which he signs the declaration and takes the oath mentioned in paragraph 3 of the First Schedule to this Act;
[F2“appropriate minimum age” ] has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (5) of section two of this Act;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Part of this Act;
“recruiting officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section one of this Act;
“reserve” means the air force reserve.
(2)References in this Part of this Act to airmen shall include references to warrant officers and to non-commissioned officers.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F2Words substituted by Armed Forces Act 1966 (c. 45), Sch. 4
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F3Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2