Service in the armed forces
9Reserve forces: flexibility of commitments
(1)
Section 24 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (commitments to a period of full-time service) is amended as follows.
(2)
In the heading, omit “full-time”.
(3)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
omit “(a “full-time service commitment”)”;
(b)
omit “full-time” in the second place it occurs.
(4)
“(1A)
The period of service specified in a commitment under this section (whether originally, or by virtue of a variation under subsection (5)(a))—
(a)
may be a period of full-time service;
(b)
so far as orders or regulations under section 4 permit, may—
(i)
be a period of service on a part-time basis, or
(ii)
include one or more periods of service on a part-time basis as well as one or more periods of full-time service.
(1B)
Orders or regulations under section 4 may enable a commitment under this section to contemplate periods of special or extended leave.”
(5)
In subsection (2)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), omit “full-time” in each place it occurs;
(b)
in paragraph (c), for “full-time service” substitute “service under the commitment”.
(6)
In subsection (3)—
(a)
in the words before paragraph (a), for “full-time service commitment” substitute “commitment under this section”;
(b)
in paragraph (a), for “full-time service” substitute “service under the commitment”;
(c)
“(aa)
must specify the place at which the person is to begin performing duties;”.
(7)
In subsection (4)—
(a)
in the words before paragraph (a), for “full-time service” substitute “service under a commitment under this section”;
(b)
in paragraph (a), omit “concerned”.
(8)
In subsection (5)—
(a)
in the words before paragraph (a), for “full-time service commitment” substitute “commitment under this section”;
(b)
in paragraph (b), omit “full-time”;
(c)
in paragraph (c), omit “full-time”.
(9)
In subsection (6), for “full-time service” substitute “service under a commitment under this section”.
(10)
In subsection (7)—
(a)
in the words before paragraph (a), for “full-time service” substitute “service under a commitment under this section”;
(b)
in paragraph (a), for “full-time service” substitute “service under the commitment”;
(c)
in paragraph (b)—
(i)
omit “full-time” in the first place it occurs;
(ii)
after “by him” insert “under the commitment”;
(iii)
for “full-time service” in the second place it occurs, substitute “service under the commitment”.
(11)
In subsection (8), for “full-time service” substitute “service under a commitment under this section”.
(12)
In subsection (9), for “full-time service” substitute “service under a commitment under this section”.
(13)
In subsection (10), omit the definition of “full-time service”.
(14)
“(2A)
Subject to any provision made by orders or regulations under section 4, an additional duties commitment may provide for duties for a period to be performed on any basis, including full-time or part-time.”
(15)
Schedule 2 contains—
(a)
amendments that are consequential on or otherwise connected with this section, and
(b)
transitional provision.