Reserve Forces Act 1980

Enlistment in Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve

71Procedure and term of service on enlistment or reengagement

(1)Every man who becomes a man of the Army Reserve or of the Air Force Reserve by being enlisted or re-engaged in pursuance of this Act shall be enlisted or re-engaged, as the case may be, in such manner, and for a term of such length and to begin on such date, as may be prescribed.

(2)Where a man enlists in the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve—

(a)he shall be attested in the same manner as a recruit in the regular forces or the regular air force, as the case may be, subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, and save as is otherwise prescribed; and

(b)the provisions of Schedule 3 to this Act shall apply in relation to enlistment in the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve, as the case may be.

(3)A man enlisting in the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve may be attested by a regular officer, and the provisions of Schedule 3 shall in their application to the Army Reserve or to the Air Force Reserve, as the case may be, be construed as if the expression " recruiting officer " included any regular officer.

72Enlistment and residence outside United Kingdom

(1)Men may be enlisted into the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve in any part of Her Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom and in any British protectorate—

(a)not being territories specified in Schedule 4 to this Act, and

(b)subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations under this Act,

and the power conferred by this subsection to enlist men into the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve includes power to enlist or re-engage British subjects and British protected persons into either of those reserves in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

(2)A man of the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve may reside outside the United Kingdom—

(a)if so authorised by or under the directions of the Secretary of State, and

(b)subject to such conditions as may be prescribed under subsection (1) above.

(3)This Part of this Act applies—

(a)to any enlistment under subsection (1) above, and

(b)to a man of the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve during such time as he resides outside the United Kingdom in pursuance of an authorisation of the Secretary of State under subsection (2) above,

subject to such adaptations as may be prescribed.

(4)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the inclusion among the territories specified in Schedule 4 any part of Her dominions outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, being a part of Her dominions to which responsible government has been granted since 20th July 1906 and not being a Dominion other than Sri Lanka.

(5)The provisions of this section corresponding to enactments repealed and re-enacted by this Act have in relation to Her Majesty's dominions and any British protectorate the same effect as those enactments had immediately before their repeal and re-enactment.