Regulation 3 Competent air force authorities

The officers specified appropriately in the second column of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall, in pursuance of section 11(3) of the 1955 Act and in addition to the Defence Council and the Air Force Board, be competent air force authorities for the purpose of giving an order authorising the discharge of an airman of the regular air force for the reason stated in the first column of Schedule 1 opposite the officer so specified.

In relation to the provisions of the 1955 Act specified in the first column of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations and for the purposes specified in the second column of that Part, the officers specified in the third column of that Part shall, in addition to the Defence Council and the Air Force Board and subject to any limitation or restriction as specified, be the competent air force authorities.

For the purpose of designating a person on his transfer to the Air Force Reserve as a person to whom paragraph 16 of Schedule 8 to the Reserve Forces Act 1980^f1 applies, in addition to the Defence Council and the Air Force Board, the Air Secretary shall be a competent air force authority.

Every reference in this regulation and the said Schedule 1 to a specified officer shall have effect as if it included a reference to any member of the staff of that officer who has been duly authorised by him to act on his behalf. In the case of any Commander-in-Chief any such reference to him as a specified officer shall have effect as if it also included a reference to an Air Officer Commanding a Group or other Formation or, if authorised in writing by any Commander-in-Chief, to a Commanding Officer not below the rank of Group Captain.