APPOINTMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESERVE FORCE REGULATIONS

APPOINTMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESERVE FORCE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 220.08

APPOINTMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF

SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESERVE

FORCE REGULATIONS

10th March, 1998

LEGAL NOTICE 81 of 1998, as amended by Legal Notice 10 of 2016

and Act XXI of 2020.

The title of these Regulations is Appointments and

Conditions of Service of the Individual Reserve Force Regulations.

(1)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires -

"the Act" means the Malta Armed Forces Act;

"Commander" means the Commander, Armed Forces of Malta

appointed under the Designation, Command and Establishment of

the Armed Forces of Malta Order, and in his absence or inability to

act includes the Deputy Commander, or any other officer appointed

to act as Commander, appointed under the Order aforesaid;

"determine", in relation to the Minister, means determine by

order or instruction (whether issued by him or under his authority)

or in such other form, as the Minister may deem appropriate;

"force" means the Individual Reserve Force (IRF);

"Volunteer Reserve Force" means the Volunteer Reserve Force

(VRF) under the Appointments and Conditions of Service of the

Volunteer Reserve Force Regulations.

(2) Save as provided in sub-regulation (1), in these Regulations

words and expressions shall have the same meaning as they have in

the Act.

PART I

General

Officers and Men shall become members of the Individual

Reserve Force in terms of the a pp lica ble pr ov is io ns of th e

Appointments and Conditions of Service of the Regular Force

Regulations

Provided that members of the Individual Reserve Force

may also become members of the Volunteer Reserve Force and the

Appointments and Conditions of Service of the Volunteer Reserve

Force shall in such case mutatis mutandis apply.

The Oath of Allegiance taken by officers and the solemn

declaration taken by soldiers, on commission or enlistment

respectively, in the Regular Force, will remain valid and binding

for duration of service in the Individual Reserve Force.

APPOINTMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESERVE FORCE

Appointments, promotions and retirement of officers shall

be authorised by the Commander, in line with the Appointments

and Conditions of Service of the Regular Force Regulations.

Pay and Allowances

The scales of pay and allowances for officers and men shall

be such as the Minister may from time to time determine and

announce.

PART II

Call Out of Reserves

Call out of reserves in case of any national danger shall be

in terms of articles 32 to 35 of the Act.

Training

Subject to the provisions of article 36 of the Act, members

of the Individual Reserve Force may be required to undergo a

minimum of training consisting of at least four days annually to be

made up of basic weapon skills training, special-to-arm updating

skills or any other specialised training.

Discipline

Officers and men of the force shall be subject to Parts III,

V, VI, VII and VIII of the Act during any time or period that

individuals are undergoing their training obligations or are called

out on permanent service in terms of article 32 of the Act.

Medical Facilities

(1) During the period or periods when undergoing training

obligations, officers and men shall be entitled to free medical

treatment by a medical officer appointed for that purpose, in a

medical centre equipped for that purpose.

(2) Officers and men shall be entitled to hospitalisation without

any charge to them.

(3) Officers and men who are unable to report for duty due to

illness or injury may be visited by a medical officer during working

hours.

When members of the force are called out on permanent

service in terms of article 32 of the Act, they will be eligible for all

medical treatment as applicable to members of the Regular Force.