ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (RESERVE OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS) REGULATIONS

ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (RESERVE OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS) REGULATIONS

ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (RESERVE OF

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 199, section 32)

[19th January, 1973]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Royal Hong Kong
Regiment (Reserve of Officers and Members) Regulations.

2. (1) There shall be a reserve of officers and members of the
Regiment to be known as the Royal Hong Kong Regiment Reserve of
Officers and Members, hereinafter referred to as the Reserve.

(2) The Governor may post to the Reserve any officer or member
who

(a)has reached the age of retirement prescribed in the Royal Hong
Kong Regiment Regulations or has completed his term of
office or term of service;

(b)is likely to remain temporarily absent from the Colony for a
period exceeding twelve months; or

(c)for any reason has been exempted from training by the
Commanding Officer.

3. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an officer or member shall be posted
to the Reserve in the rank held by him immediately prior to his posting
under regulation 2(2).

(2) The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Service
Commander, grant to an officer who is posted to the Reserve under
regulation 2(2)(a) a rank which is one rank higher than that held by the
officer immediately prior to his posting.

4. (1) The Governor may repost to the Regiment any officer who
was posted to the Reserve

(a)under regulation 2(2)(a), on the calling out of the Regiment or
any part thereof;

(b) under regulation 2(2)(b), on his return to the Colony;

(c)under regulation 2(2)(c), on his ceasing to be exempt from
training.

(2) The Commanding Officer may repost to the Regiment any
member from the Reserve in the circumstances in which the Governor
may repost an officer under paragraph (1).

5. (1) An officer who is reposted to the Regiment under regulation
4(1)(a) shall be reposted in the rank held by him immediately prior to his
posting under regulation 2(2)(a) or in such other rank as the Governor
may direct.





(2) An officer who is reposted to the Regiment under regulation
4(1)(b) or (e) shall be reposted in the rank held by him immediately prior
to his posting under regulation 2(2)(b) or (c).

(3) A member who is reposted to the Regiment under regulation
4(2) shall be reposted in the rank held by him immediately prior to his
posting under regulation 2(2).



6. An officer or member who is posted to the Reserve under
regulation 2(2)(a) may be required by the Commanding Officer to
undergo the training prescribed in regulation 19 of the Royal Hong
Kong Regiment Regulations.

7. (1) Save as provided in these regulations, the privileges,
liabilities, powers and duties of officers and members in the Reserve
shall be governed by the Ordinance.

(2) Officers and members in the Reserve shall take rank and
command with, but after, officers and members of equivalent rank and
seniority in the Regiment.

(3) Officers who receive higher rank under regulation 3 shall take
rank and command under this regulation based on their rank and
seniority immediately prior to their posting under regulation 2(2).

8. The normal age of retirement of officers and members in

c,

the Reserve shall be sixty-five years.

9. Officers of the Hong Kong Regiment (which was a military unit of
the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force) who were posted to the Reserve
of Officers under the revoked Royal Hong Kong Defence Force Reserve
of Officers Regulations shall be deemed to be officers of the Reserve for
the purposes of these regulations as if they were posted to the Reserve
under regulation 2.
L.N. 5/73. L.N. 24/73. Citation. Establishment of Reserve of Officers and Members. (Cap. 199, sub. leg.) Rank on posting to the Reserve. Reposting of officers and members. Rank on reposting. Training. (Cap. 199, sub. leg.) Application of Ordinance. Age of retirement. L.N. 24/73. Transitional provisions. (Cap. 199, 1967 Ed. Sub. leg.)

L.N. 5/73. L.N. 24/73. Citation. Establishment of Reserve of Officers and Members. (Cap. 199, sub. leg.) Rank on posting to the Reserve. Reposting of officers and members. Rank on reposting. Training. (Cap. 199, sub. leg.) Application of Ordinance. Age of retirement. L.N. 24/73. Transitional provisions. (Cap. 199, 1967 Ed. Sub. leg.)

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