The Armed Forces (Discharge and Transfer to the Reserve Forces) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

Postponement of discharge or transfer

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

13.—(1) For the purposes of their continued application in relation to an enlisted person by virtue of any of regulations 9 to 12, section 9 of each of the 1955 Acts, paragraph 4A of Schedule 7 to the Army Act 1955 and section 4 of the 1966 Act are modified as follows.

(2) References to the competent military authority, the competent air-force authority or the competent authority are to be read as references to a person who for the purposes of these Regulations is the competent authority in relation to the enlisted person.

(3) References to the enlisted person’s commanding officer are to be read as references to the officer who is his commanding officer for the purposes of the 2006 Act.