Armed Forces Act 2006

331 Discharge etc from the regular forces and transfer to the reserve forces

(1) The Defence Council may by regulations make provision with respect to—

(a) the discharge of members of the regular forces of or below the rank or rate of warrant officer;

(b) the transfer of such persons to the reserve forces.

(2) The regulations may in particular make provision with respect to—

(a) authorisation of a person’s discharge or transfer to a reserve force;

(b) the status of a person who is entitled to be, but has not yet been, discharged or transferred to a reserve force.

(3) The regulations may also in particular make provision conferring on a warrant officer (other than an acting warrant officer) a right to be discharged—

(a) following his reduction in rank or rate; or

(b) following his reduction in rank or rate in prescribed circumstances.

(4) The regulations may also in particular make provision enabling—

(a) the discharge of a person from the regular forces (including by virtue of subsection (3)), or

(b) the transfer of a person to a reserve force,

to be postponed in prescribed circumstances.