Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 . 2 . 3 Royal Marines Reserve. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Call out for national danger. 11 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Provisions supplemental to ss. 10 to 12. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Permanent service call out of naval and marine reserves. 17 Naval and marine reserve service under ss. 10 and 16. 18 Permanent service call out of Regular Reserve . 19 Duration of Regular Reserve permanent service. 19A Postponement of discharge of members of Regular Reserve during call out. 20 Permanent service call out of Air Force Reserve. 21 Duration of Air Force Reserve permanent service. 21A Postponement of discharge of members of Air Force Reserve during call out. 22 23 . 24 Permanent service call out of Ulster Defence Regiment. 25 Emergency service call out of Ulster Defence Regiment. 25A Application of section 62 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 26 27 . 28 Differing service liabilities of those called out. 29 End of service under call-out notices. 29A Application of provisions relating to recall 30 Liability of naval and marine pensioners to recall. 31 Liability of army and air force pensioners to recall. 32 Occasion for and period of recall under s. 31. 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Liability of certain former soldiers to recall. 35 Recall notices 36 Application of sections 71, 73 to 75 and 77 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to persons recalled under section 30, 31 or 34 36A Application of Part X of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to persons liable to recall under section 30, 31 or 34 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Regular Reserve , Air Force Reserve and Army Reserve training. 39 Application of s. 38. 40 Preliminary training of Royal Auxiliary Air Force. 41 Annual training of Royal Auxiliary Air Force. 42 Variation and cancellation of training periods for Royal Auxiliary Air Force. 42A Application of section 23 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Requirement as to training of Ulster Defence Regiment in Northern Ireland. 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 False answers on enlistment. 48 Void enlistment in Royal Marines or regular army . 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Term of service in Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Fleet Reserve. 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Admission to Greenwich Hospital. 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Special class of Royal Fleet Reserve. 58 Transfers to Royal Fleet Resreve. 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Exercise of powers vested in military office holder. 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Exercise of powers vested in air force officer holder. 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Special reservist called out for permanent service. 70 Special reservist called out for special courses, etc. 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 . 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 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discharge: Army Reserve . 102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 . 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Pensions and other grants under Home Guard Act 1951 c. 8. 152 . 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Additional provisions as to Orders in Council and schemes. 155 Amendment of subordinate legislation. 156 Interpretation. 157 Saving and transitional provisions, consequential amendments and repeals. 158 Citation, extent and commencement. 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143 Failure to attend or comply.
(1) Any member of the Ulster Defence Regiment who—
(a) when required by or in pursuance of regulations making any such provision as is mentioned in section 44 above to attend at any place fails without reasonable excuse to attend in accordance with the requirement, or
(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with orders or regulations under this Part of this Act.
shall, whether otherwise subject to military law or not, be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction by court-martial to a fine not exceeding £50.
(2) That offence shall, for all purposes of and incidental to the trial of the offender, including the summary disposal of the case otherwise than by court-martial, be deemed to be an offence under the Army Act 1955.
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143 Failure to attend or comply.
(1) Any member of the Ulster Defence Regiment who—
(a) when required by or in pursuance of regulations making any such provision as is mentioned in section 44 above to attend at any place fails without reasonable excuse to attend in accordance with the requirement, or
(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with orders or regulations under this Part of this Act.
shall, whether otherwise subject to military law or not, be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction by court-martial to a fine not exceeding £50.
(2) That offence shall, for all purposes of and incidental to the trial of the offender, including the summary disposal of the case otherwise than by court-martial, be deemed to be an offence under the Army Act 1955.
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