Reserve Forces Act 1980

83 Postponement of discharge or transfer to reserve

(1) In the application to a man to whom this subsection applies of—

(a) section 9 of the [1955 c. 18.] Army Act 1955, and

(b) section 9 of the [1955 c. 19.] Air Force Act 1955,

(which among other things provide for postponement of discharge or transfer to the reserve when men of the reserve are called out for permanent service), the references to men of the reserve being called out for permanent service shall (notwithstanding anything in section 225(2) of the Army Act 1955 or section 223(2) of the Air Force Act 1955) include references to such men being called out under section 11 above or paragraph 16(1) to (6) of Schedule 8 to this Act.

(2) Subsection (1) above applies to a man of the regular army, the Army Reserve, the regular air force or the Air Force Reserve who—

(a) is such a man in consequence of his having enlisted or re-engaged in one of those forces on or after 1st April 1967; or

(b) has elected irrevocably in the prescribed manner that subsection (1) shall apply to him.

(3) In section 9 of the Army Act 1955, in its application to a man who enters into an agreement on or after 1st January 1967 in pursuance of section 14(1) above and is called into service in pursuance of the agreement, the references to men of the reserve being called out for permanent service shall (notwithstanding anything in section 225(2) of that Act of 1955) include references to such men being called out under section 11 or paragraph 16 (1) to (3) of Schedule 8.