Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 1977
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1977 No. 1097
DEFENCE
The Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 197729thJune 1977
The Defence Council in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966(a) and section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1976(b) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations:—
Citation and Commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 1977 and shall come into operation on such date as section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1976(b) comes into force.
Interpretation
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:—
"the Act of 1955" means the Air Force Act 1955(d):
"the relevant date" means, in relation to a person, the date of his attestation except in relation to:—
(a) a man who enlists and
(b) a woman who enlists on or after 1st April 1975
before attaining the age of 18 years, in which excepted cases "the relevant date" means the date of that person's attaining the age of 18 years; other expressions have the same meaning as in the Act of 1955.
(a) 1966 c. 45.
(b) 1976 c. 52.
(c) 1889 c. 63.
(d) 1955 c. 19.
Duration of terms of enlistment
3.—(1) A person may be enlisted in the Royal Air Force for such a term as is specified in paragraph (2) of this Regulation beginning with the date of his attestation.
(2) The term referred to in paragraph (1) shall be a term expiring 22 years after the relevant date, or expiring on a date falling between 6 months and 12 years after the relevant date.
(3) The term for which a person may be enlisted may be a term wholly of air force service or may be, except in the case of women, a term partly of air force service and partly of service with the air force reserve.
Rights to determine air force service and to transfer to the reserve
4.—(1) Subject to Regulation 7, a person in air force service shall, at the end of the period of 9 years beginning with the relevant date and at any time thereafter, have the right exercisable in accordance with Regulation 6 to be transferred to the reserve or, in the case of a woman, to determine her service.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding Regulation—
(a) A man who has attained the age of 17 years 6 months may be enlisted in the Royal Air Force for a term of not less than 3 years nor more than 9 years air force service from the relevant date with the right, subject to Regulation 7 and exercisable in accordance with Regulation 6, to be transferred to the reserve at the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the date of his attaining the age of 18 years or the date of the expiration of his period of training whichever is the later or at any time thereafter.
(b) A woman who has attained the age of 17 years may be enlisted in the Royal Air Force for a term of not less than 3 years nor more than 9 years air force service from the relevant date with the right, subject to Regulation 7 and exercisable in accordance with Regulation 6 to determine her service, either
(i) at the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the date of her attaining the age of 18 years or the date of the expiration of her period of training whichever is the later or at any time thereafter, or
(ii) at the end of the period of 4 years beginning with relevant date or at any time thereafter
as is specified in the form of attestation.
(3) Subject to Regulation 7, a person who enlists in the Royal Air Force under the age of 17 years 6 months for a term of air force service expiring on a date falling later than 3 years after the date of his attaining the age of 18 years shall have the right exercisable in accordance with Regulation 6 to be transferred to the reserve (or in the case of a woman, to determine her service) at the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the date of his attaining the age of 18 years or the date of the expiration of his period of training (including, where appropriate, such further period of service as is designated "Improver Service" at the time of attestation) whichever is the later, or at any time thereafter PROVIDED that the person in question has given notice in writing to his commanding...
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