Part III Training and other duties

Commitments to perform additional duties

24 Commitments to a period of F2full-time service.

1

A member of a reserve force may enter into a commitment in writing under this section F4(a full-time service commitment) to undertake a period of F5full-time service of such duration as may be specified in the commitment.

F31A

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.

2

A person who has entered into such a commitment—

a

shall be in F6full-time service from the time specified in the commitment as the beginning of the period of F6full-time service to be undertaken by him until the time at which he is released from that service;

F1b

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c

shall perform such duties while he is in F7full-time serviceF7service under the commitment as he may, in accordance with the terms of the commitment and any orders or regulations under section 4, be required to perform.

3

A F8full-time service commitmentF8commitment under this section—

a

shall specify the duties to be performed by the person concerned (in general or specific terms) and the period for which he has undertaken to be in F10full-time serviceF10service under the commitment;

F9aa

must specify the place at which the person is to begin performing duties;

b

may, to the extent permitted by orders or regulations under section 4, limit the area within which he may be required to perform duties; and

c

may contain such other terms relating to the duties to be performed by that person as are included in accordance with orders or regulations under section 4.

4

A person who is in F11full-time serviceF11service under a commitment under this section may be required—

a

to serve with any of the regular services for the purposes of performing duties in accordance with the commitment F12concerned; and

b

subject to any limitation in the commitment, to perform such duties anywhere in the world.

5

A F13full-time service commitmentF13commitment under this section—

a

may, with the consent of the member concerned, be varied in accordance with orders or regulations under section 4;

b

may be revoked before the beginning of the specified period of F14full-time service by an authorised officer (whether at the request of the member concerned or otherwise) giving written notice to that effect to the member concerned; and

c

shall terminate on the release of the member concerned from F15full-time service under the commitment.

6

A person in F16full-time serviceF16service under a commitment under this section shall, if not released from service sooner, be entitled to be released from service with all convenient speed in the prescribed manner at the end of the period of service specified in the commitment.

7

Where a person in F17full-time serviceF17service under a commitment under this section is accepted into permanent service under Part IV, V or VI—

a

his F18full-time serviceF18service under the commitment shall cease while he is in permanent service; but

b

if, on his release from permanent service, the period of F19full-time service undertaken by him F20under the commitment has not expired, he shall resume his F21full-time serviceF21service under the commitment for the remainder of that period.

8

A person in F22full-time serviceF22service under a commitment under this section shall not be liable to be required to undergo training under section 22.

9

The duties which a person in F23full-time serviceF23service under a commitment under this section may be required to perform may include undertaking training.

10

In this section—

“authorised officer” means an officer authorised by or in accordance with directions of the Defence Council for the purposes of this section;

F24“full-time service” means service under a full-time service commitment.