{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996/schedule-9/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996/schedule-9/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/14",
  "legislation_title": "Reserve Forces Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person who is a transitional member of a reserve force by virtue of paragraph 2 or 3 may elect to cease being a transitional member.\n(2) An officer or man serving in the regular services who—\n(a) joined those services before the appointed day; and\n(b) has not re-enlisted, re-engaged or extended his service, or become an officer, on or after that day,\nmay at any time elect not to be a transitional member on his transfer to the reserve.\n(3) An election under this paragraph is irrevocable and must be made in the prescribed manner.\n(4) A person who has made an election under this paragraph shall cease to be or, as the case may be, shall not become a transitional member of the reserve force concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 4(2) inserted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 50(1), Sch. 6 para. 4(4) (with s. 49(4), Sch. 7 para. 12(3)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/14/schedule/9/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:19.577483+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}