Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02439:body:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02439
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General Reserve, but so that the identity and membership of the force is not affected.
"(4) The Air Force Active Reserve consists of officers appointed to, and airmen enlisted in, that Reserve and of such officers as are transferred to that Reserve from the Permanent Air Force, the Air Force Emergency Force or another part of the Australian Air Force Reserve.
"(5) The Air Force General Reserve consists of officers appointed to, and airmen enlisted in, that Reserve and of such officers as are transferred to that Reserve from the Permanent Air Force, the Air Force Emergency Force or another part of the Australian Air Force Reserve.
"(6) The Air Force Specialist Reserve consists of officers appointed to, and airmen enlisted in, that Reserve and of such officers as are transferred to that Reserve from the Permanent Air Force, the Air Force Emergency Force or another part of the Australian Air Force Reserve.".

Service of the Permanent Air Force
10. Section 4g of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:
"(1) Members of the Permanent Air Force are bound to render continuous full time air-force service."; and
     (b) by inserting in sub-section (2) "full time air-force" after "continuous".

Service of the Air Force Emergency Force
11. Section 4h of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "serve continuously" and substituting "render continuous full time air-force service";
     (b) by inserting in sub-section (2) "full time air-force" after "continuous"; and
     (c) by inserting in sub-section (3) "full time air-force" after "continuous" (first occurring).

Service of the Australian Air Force Reserve
12. Section 4j of the Principal Act is amended —
     (a) by omitting sub-sections (1) and (2) and substituting the following sub-sections:
    "(1) Subject to this section, members of the Australian Air Force Reserve are not bound to render continuous full time air-force service.

"(2) The regulations shall fix, or make provision for fixing, training periods in respect of the Air Force Active Reserve and the Air Force Specialist Reserve, or different training periods in respect of different parts, or different classes of members, of those Reserves.
"(2a) Members of the Air Force Active Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve are bound to render, in each training period, air-force service, other than continuous full time air-force service, for such periods as are fixed by or in accordance with the regulations, unless exempted by or in accordance with the regulations from the obligation to render the whole or a part of that service.
"(2b) The regulations—
     (a) may make provision for different periods of air-force service with respect to different parts, or different classes of members, of the Air Force