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Paragraph 1 Interpretation of Part

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In this Part—

  • “the 1996 Act” means the Reserve Forces Act 1996f1;

  • “forces period” means the period during which a person undertakes relevant service in the reserve forces;

  • “former authority”, in relation to a reservist, means the authority by which he was employed immediately before his forces period began;

  • “qualifying injury” means an injury, received by a person in the performance of his duties as a firefighter, which is not wholly or mainly due to his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct;

  • “relevant service in the reserve forces” means service in the forces specified in section 1(2) of the 1996 Act—

    1. (a)

      in pursuance of a training obligation under Part 3 of that Act, or

    2. (b)

      by virtue of a call out for permanent service or a recall under the Reserve Forces Act 1980f2 or Part 7 of the 1996 Act; and

  • “reservist” means a person who, immediately before a forces period, was a firefighter.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1996 c.14.

f2

1980 c.9.