Paragraph 42 Interpretation of PartI1

In this Part—

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

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

• “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 1980^f2 or Part 7 of the 1996 Act; and

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