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has the primary responsibility for the care of a person with a severe physical or mental disability who requires frequent attention or supervision, and adequate arrangements for care by a person other than the reservist during the expected period of the reservist’s relevant service cannot be made;

alone has parental responsibility (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989^f1 or the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2) or sole parental responsibilities (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995^f3) for a child, and adequate arrangements for the care of that child during the expected period of the reservist’s relevant service cannot be made;

is engaged in education or training which is intended to prepare or qualify him for a vocation or job and which would be seriously disrupted by his absence on relevant service;

is working in a family-owned business which would suffer serious harm as a result of his absence;

has entered into a contract of employment but has not yet started work under that contract and the other party does not agree to postpone until after the period of relevant service the date on which the reservist is to start work under that contract;