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Defence Act 1990

Terms and conditions of service in the armed forces - Miscellaneous provisions relating to service

51: Persons receiving pay but not properly attested

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"Armed Forces members who get paid without signing up properly"

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You are a member of the Armed Forces if you get pay without being properly attested. You stay a member until you are discharged. You can ask to be discharged at any time before being properly attested.

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Part 4Terms and conditions of service in the armed forces
Miscellaneous provisions relating to service

51Persons receiving pay but not properly attested

  1. A person who, without having been properly attested, has accepted pay as a member of a component of the Armed Forces referred to in section 11(3) to (5)—

  2. is a member of that component until discharged; and
    1. must be discharged without delay at any time before being properly attested, if he or she so requests.

      Notes
      • Section 51: substituted, on , by section 4 of the Defence Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 69).