Reserve Forces Act 1980

10 Call out for national danger. U.K.

[F1 (1) Any member of any reserve force other than an officer of the Royal Fleet Reserve may be called out for permanent service in any part of the world whenever an order of Her Majesty made under section 52(1)(a) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 is in force.

(2) Sections 50(6) and 52(3) to (6) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 shall apply to persons subject to this section as if they were persons to whom section 52 of that Act applied.]

(a) a proclamation shall be issued for the meeting of Parliament within 5 days; and

(b) Parliament shall accordingly meet and sit upon the day appointed by the proclamation; and

(c) Parliament shall continue to sit and act in like manner as if it had stood adjourned or prorogued to the same day.

(4) In this section “reserve force” means any of the following bodies—

(a) the [F2 Regular Reserve] ;

(b) the [F3 Army Reserve] ;

(c) the Air Force Reserve;

(d) the Royal Auxiliary Air Force:

(e) the Royal Naval Reserve F4 . . .

[F5 (ea) the Royal Fleet Reserve including its special class; and]

(f) the Royal Marines Reserve.

(5) [F6 An order under subsection (1) may authorise the calling out of the Ulster Defence Regiment for permanent service in Northern Ireland, and section 26 below applies for the purposes of this subsection as if the Ulster Defence Regiment were a reserve force within the meaning of subsection (4) above.]

(6) In relation to a man of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force in whose case it was agreed at the time of his enlistment that he was accepted for home service only, subsection (1) has effect as if for the reference to any part of the world there were a reference to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 10(1)(2) substituted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/306, art. 2(a)

F2 Words in Act substituted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 44(3)(a)(4)50(1) (with s. 49(3)(5)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(a)

F3 Words in Act substituted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 44(3)(b)(4)50(1) (with s. 49(3)(5)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(a)

F4 Words in s. 10(4)(e) omitted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/306, art. 2(b)

F5 S. 10(4)(ea) inserted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/306, art. 2(c)

F6 S. 10(5) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 14 para. 1, Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 10(5) applied (with modifications) (1.7.1992) by Army Act 1992 (c. 39), ss. 3(2), 5