SCHEDULEPOSTPONEMENT OF DISCHARGE OR TRANSFER TO RESERVE: TRANSITIONAL CASES

The Royal Navy

3.—(1) Sections 4 and 5 of the Armed Forces Act 1966, in so far as they continue to have effect under paragraph 8 of Schedule 7 to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 without the amendments made by paragraph 7 of that Schedule, shall have effect in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In sections 4(1)(c) and (4) and 5(1), for “called into actual service” there shall be substituted “called out on permanent service”.

(3) In section 4, for subsection (9) there shall be substituted–

(9) References in this section to men of the Royal Naval Reserve being called out on permanent service are references to their being called out under an order made under section 52 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (call out in the event of a national emergency, great danger or an actual or apprehended attack on the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man)..