Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1985/1820 |
| Year | 1985 |
1985 No. 1820
DEFENCE
The Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 198515thNovember 1985
27thNovember 1985
1stJanuary 1986
The Defence Council in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966(a) and 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 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1986.
Interpretation
2.— (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:
"the Act" means the Air Force Act 1955(b);
"recruit" means a recruit enlisted in the regular air force who has not previously so enlisted;
"the relevant date" means, in relation to a person, the date of his attestation except in relation to:
(a) a man who enlisted on any date, and
(b) a woman who enlisted on or after 1 April 1975,
before attaining the age of 18 years in which excepted cases "the relevant date" means the date of that person attaining the age of 18 years.
(2) Expressions used in these Regulations have, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning which they bear in the Act.
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.
(a) 1966 c.45; section 2(1)(f) was amended by the Armed Forces Act 1976 (c.52), section 2.
(b) 1955 c.19.
(2) The term referred to in paragraph (1) shall be a term expiring on a date falling between 6 months and 22 years after the relevant date, or a term as provided for in Regulation 4.
(3) Subject to Regulation 4, the term for which a person may be enlisted may be a term wholly of air force service or may be a term partly of air force service and partly of service with the air force reserve.
Special Terms of Engagement
4.— (1) A person who has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 18 years may be enlisted for a special term of air force service which shall be a term:
(a) wholly of air force service,
(b) expiring 12 months from the date of his attestation, subject to a right of the person in question to determine his service at any time by 14 days notice in writing given by him to his commanding officer immediately before the date upon which it is to take effect,
(c) to which Regulations 5 to 10 and 15 shall not apply, but without prejudice to the application of those paragraphs to any extended terms of service under Regulation 14.
(2) Upon such a term being extended under Regulation 14, the right conferred under sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this Regulation shall cease.
Engagement with Right to Transfer to the Reserve, on Notice
5.— (1) A man who has attained the age of 17 years 6 months may be enlisted in the Royal Air Force for a term (which may include service in the reserve) of not less than 3 years nor more than 9 years air force service from the relevant date with the right to be transferred to the reserve on or at any time after:
(a) the date he attains the age of 21 years, or
(b) the expiration of 3 years after the end of his period of training,
whichever is the later, such right being exercisable in accordance with Regulation 11 and subject to Regulation 12.
(2) A woman who has attained the age of 17 years may be enlisted in the Royal Air Force for a term (which may include service in the reserve) of not less than 3 years nor more than 9 years air force service from the relevant date with either (but not both) of the following rights, that is to say:
(a) to be transferred to the reserve at any time after the date she attains the age of 21 years or the expiration of 3 years after the end of her period of training, whichever is the later, or
(b) to be transferred to the reserve at any time after the expiration of 4 years from the relevant date,
such rights being exercisable in accordance with Regulation 11 and subject to Regulation 12.
(3) Where a person's term is extended under Regulation 14 the rights conferred by this Regulation shall cease.
Acquisition of Right to be Transferred to the Reserve, on Notice
6.— (1) A person in air force service who:
(a) at the date of his attestation had not attained the age of 17 years 6 months, and
(b) enlisted for a term of air force service expiring after the date he would attain the age of 21 years,
may within 28 days after attaining the age of 18 years give notice in writing to his commanding officer of his desire to acquire the right conferred by this Regulation.
(2) Where a person to whom paragraph (1) applies has served a notice in accordance with that paragraph he shall have the right on or at any time after:
(a) the date he attains the age of 21 years, or
(b) the expiration of 3 years after the end of his period of training,
whichever is the later, to be...
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