# The Reserve Forces (Call-out and Recall) (Exemptions Etc.) Regulations 1997, Regulation 2: General interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Reserve Forces Act 1996;
“adjudication officer” means a person appointed by or in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State or the Defence Council to determine applications under these Regulations;
“application” means an application under regulation 3 or 4 below;
“call-out notice” means a notice calling out a reservist for relevant service;
“employer” means any person who is an employer of a reservist on the relevant date, including—
(a) a reservist who is self-employed;
(b) a partnership within the meaning of the Partnership Act 1890 of which the reservist is a partner;
(c) a company of which the reservist is a director other than a non-executive director;
(d) a Secretary of State or government department or any officer or body exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by any statute, for whom a reservist works as a Crown servant;
(e) a person who is a former employer of the reservist within the meaning of the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985;
(f) a person who has entered into a contract of employment with the reservist but for whom the reservist has not yet started working;
“recall notice” means a notice recalling a reservist for relevant service;
“relevant date” means, subject to paragraph (2) below—
(a) the date of service or deemed service of a notice under which a reservist is called out or recalled for relevant service;
(b) the date on which a reservist is deemed to have been called out under section 59(5) or recalled under 71(5) respectively of the 1996 Act; or
(c) where a deferral of a reservist’s obligation to present himself for service in pursuance of a call-out or recall notice has been granted under these Regulations, the date on which that deferral ceases to have effect;
“relevant service” means permanent service—
(a) under Part IV, V, VI or VII of the 1996 Act; or
(b) by a transitional member of a reserve force called out or recalled under the Reserve Forces Act 1980 or under any other call-out or recall obligations of an officer,
in respect of which an application is made;
“reservist” means a person called out or recalled for relevant service.
(2) Where a person is performing relevant service and the date on which he is entitled to be released or discharged has been postponed under section 45(6), 53(3), (7) or (11), 55(3), (7) or (11), 57(3) or (7), 61 or 69(3) or (6) (as the case may be) of the 1996 Act, the “relevant date” means the day on which he would otherwise have been entitled to be released or discharged from that service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/307/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-call-out-and-recall-exemptions-etc-regulations-1997/regulation-2
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