Volunteer Reserve Force (Amendment) Regulations, 2016

L.N. 11 of 2016

MALTA ARMED FORCES ACT

(CAP. 220)

Appointments and Conditions of Service of the Emergency

Volunteer Reserve Force (Amendment) Regulations, 2016

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 4 of the Malta

Armed Forces Act, the President of Malta has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Appointments and

Conditions of Service of the Emergency Volunteer Reserve Force

(Amendment) Regulations, 2016, and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Appointments and Conditions of

Service of the Emergency Volunteer Reserve Force Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

In the title of the principal regulations, the word

"Emergency" shall be deleted.

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal

regulations shall be amended as follows

(a)

for the definition "force" there shall be substituted

the following

" "force” means the Volunteer Reserve Force

(VRF);"; and

(b) immediately after the definition "force" there shall

be added the following new definition

" "Individual Reserve Force" means the

Individual Reserve Force (IRF) constituted

under the Appointments and Conditions of

Service of the Individual Reserve Force

Regulations;".

Regulation 8 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

"8. Candidates shall be selected by means of entrance

tests and an interview, to be held in such a manner as the

Minister may determine and must -

(a)

be citizens of Malta;

(b)

be between the age of eighteen and forty-five

years;

(c)

be fit for full employment in the force; and

(d) be certified to possess such minimum medical

standards as the Minister may from time determine

Provided that members of the Individual Reserve

Force or those who have terminated their engagement with the

Regular Force and who are not older than fifty-six years may

also apply to enlist in the Volunteer Reserve Force and shall be

selected against such criteria as the Commander may from time

to time determine.".

In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 10 of the principal Amends

regulations, for the words "on reaching the age of fifty-five years." regulation

the principal

there shall be substituted the words "on reaching the age of fifty-five regulations.

years:", and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following

proviso

"Provided that members of the Individual Reserve Force or

those who have terminated their engagement with the Regular

Force who also form part of the Volunteer Reserve Force shall

have their engagement in the Volunteer Reserve Force

terminated on reaching the age of sixty-one years.".

In regulation 14 of the principal regulations, for the word Amends

regulation 14 of

"reservers", there shall be substituted the word "reservists".

the principal

regulations.

Immediately after regulation 14 of the rincipal regulations Adds new

regulation to the

there shall be added the following new regulation

principal

regulations.

" Applicability

Call out of reservists in case of

of article 35A

national missions or any such other task shall be

of the Malta

in terms of article 35A of the Act.".

Armed Forces

Act.

8. Regulation 15 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 15 of

substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"15. Subject to the provisions of article 36 of the Act,

volunteers of the force shall be required to undergo minimum

training consisting of two hundred and forty hours of training

per year, with each training session being of not less than four

consecutive hours but not in excess of eight continuous days

Provided that during the first year of engagement,

training periods shall consist mainly of basic soldiering skills.

During the second and subsequent years, training shall be made

up of specialised skills training which may also include on the

job training with any body of the force.".

9. In regulation 16 of the principal regulations, immediately

after the words "article 32 of the Act" there shall be added the words

"or service in terms of article 35A of the Act".

10. In regulation 23 of the principal regulations, immediately

after the words "article 32 of the Act" there shall be added the words

"or service in terms of article 35A of the Act".

11. In the Second Schedule to the principal regulations, the

word "Emergency", wherever it occurs, shall be deleted.

12. In the Third Schedule of the principal regulations, the word

"Emergency", wherever it occurs, shall be deleted.

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