Army Terms of Service (Part-time Service in Northern Ireland) Regulations 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/1366 |
1992 No. 1366
DEFENCE
The Army Terms of Service (Part-time Service in Northern Ireland) Regulations 1992
Made 9th June 1992
Laid before Parliament 9th June 1992
Coming into force 1st July 1992
The Defence Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966(1), hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Army Terms of Service (Part-time Service in Northern Ireland) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st July 1992.
Application and interpretation
2.—(1) These Regulations shall apply to any person enlisted for part-time service in the regular army in Northern Ireland.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 1955 Act” means the Army Act 1955(2);
“part-time service” means service (including service for the purposes of training) that is required only at such times as a person may be called out under these Regulations.
(3) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered regulation or paragraph is a reference to the regulation or paragraph so numbered in these Regulations.
Terms of enlistment
3. A person may be enlisted in the regular army for part-time service in Northern Ireland which, otherwise than for the purposes of training, is restricted to Northern Ireland, for a term expiring one, two or three years after the date of his attestation.
4.—(1) A person may at any time between a date one year prior to the last day of the term for which he has enlisted and 28 days prior to such last day apply in writing to his commanding officer to continue in part-time service after the completion of his term of service for such period of one, two or three years as may be specified in the application, and if the competent military authority gives written approval to the application he may after the completion of his term of service be continued as a person in part-time service for the period specified in the application in all respects as if his term of service were still unexpired.
(2) In this regulation “competent military authority” means—
(a)
(a) the Officer in Charge of Records of the Corps in which the person is serving; or
(b)
(b) the Director of Manning (Army).
Determination of service
5. A person shall, except when called out under regulation 7, have the right to determine his service by a notice in writing given to his commanding officer not less than 28 days before the date on which it is to take effect.
Emergency service call-out
6.—(1) Any officer authorised under paragraph (2) may, subject to any limitation specified in that authorisation, call out a person enlisted under regulation 3 for emergency service in Northern Ireland if, and for so long...
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