Reserve Forces Act 1980

6 Home Service Force of the Territorial Army

(1) The Home Service Force shall continue in being—

(a) as part of the Territorial Army ; and

(b) as a force for home service.

(2) That force shall consist of—

(a) persons who on 2nd April 1967 were members of any unit of the Territorial Army designated by warrant of Her Majesty as a unit of the Home Service Force;

(b) persons who become officers of, or enlist or re-engage in, the Territorial Army for service with the Home Service Force;

(c) members of the Territorial Army—

(i) who are not members of the Home Service Force by virtue of paragraphs (a) and (b) above; and

(ii) who are transferred to the Home Service Force with their consent.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in this Act or any other enactment, a member of the Home Service Force shall not—

(a) be required to serve, either on permanent service or otherwise, outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, or

(b) except in the case of the holder of a land forces commission (including one entitled to the issue of such a commission), be transferred to any other part of the military forces without his consent,

but a member of the Home Service Force who is transferred to another part of the military forces shall cease to be a member of that force.