Part VICall out for permanent service
Call out of members of a reserve force
59Acceptance into service under call-out order
1
A person served with a call-out notice who—
a
presents himself for service to an authorised officer at the time and place specified in the notice under section 58(3)(c);
b
presents himself for service to an authorised officer at any other time or place; or
c
is brought before an authorised officer after the time so specified,
may be accepted into service by that officer.
2
Where such a person is accepted into service, he shall be informed by the authorised officer in the prescribed manner that he has been accepted into service by virtue of subsection (1).
3
If an authorised officer decides that such a person should not be accepted into service, he shall inform that person in the prescribed manner that he is not to be accepted into service in pursuance of the call-out notice concerned.
4
Any liability of such a person arising from a failure to comply with a call-out notice is not affected by his acceptance into service or by a decision not to accept him into service.
5
Where a call-out order is in force, any person who is liable to be called out under the order who—
a
has not been served with a call-out notice; and
b
presents himself for service to an authorised officer,
may be accepted into service under that call-out order by that officer.
6
Where a person is accepted into service under a call-out order by virtue of subsection (5)—
a
the authorised officer shall inform him in the prescribed manner that he has been accepted into service under that order by virtue of that subsection; and
b
he shall be deemed to have been called out under this Part for service under that order.