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Reserve Forces Act 1996

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12 Service in the reserve land and air forces on enlistment.

(1) Orders and regulations under section 4 may make provision as to the corps, units or bodies into which persons enlisting in a reserve land or air force may be enlisted. (2) Subject to any restriction of choice imposed by or in accordance with orders or regulations under section 4— (a) a man of the Army Reserve shall be enlisted for service in such corps and posted to such unit as he may select; (b) a man of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force shall be enlisted for service in such unit as he may select; and (c) a man enlisted in the Regular Reserve or the Air Force Reserve shall be enlisted for service in such military body or air-force body (as the case may be) as he may select. (3) A man of the Army Reserve may not (after his enlistment) be transferred to another corps, or posted or attached to any unit, without his consent. (4) A man of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force may not (after his enlistment) be posted or attached to any unit without his consent. (5) A man of the Regular Reserve or Air Force Reserve may not (after his enlistment in or transfer to that force) be appointed, posted, transferred or attached to any military body or air-force body without his consent. (6) Subsections (3), (4) and (5) do not apply to a man of a reserve force while he is in permanent service.

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12 Service in the reserve land and air forces on enlistment.

(1) Orders and regulations under section 4 may make provision as to the corps, units or bodies into which persons enlisting in a reserve land or air force may be enlisted. (2) Subject to any restriction of choice imposed by or in accordance with orders or regulations under section 4— (a) a man of the Army Reserve shall be enlisted for service in such corps and posted to such unit as he may select; (b) a man of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force shall be enlisted for service in such unit as he may select; and (c) a man enlisted in the Regular Reserve or the Air Force Reserve shall be enlisted for service in such military body or air-force body (as the case may be) as he may select. (3) A man of the Army Reserve may not (after his enlistment) be transferred to another corps, or posted or attached to any unit, without his consent. (4) A man of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force may not (after his enlistment) be posted or attached to any unit without his consent. (5) A man of the Regular Reserve or Air Force Reserve may not (after his enlistment in or transfer to that force) be appointed, posted, transferred or attached to any military body or air-force body without his consent. (6) Subsections (3), (4) and (5) do not apply to a man of a reserve force while he is in permanent service.

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