Defence Act, 2002 (Act No. 42 of 2002)

Regulations

Regulations for the Reserve Force, 2017

9. Appointment as officer or candidate officer
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(1)Subject to section 13(1A) of the Act, the Minister, or an officer designated by him or her for that purpose, may with due regard to the qualifications, appropriate experience, previous military service, age, the requirements of the applicable post and the recommendation by a selection board, authorise the appointment of a serving Reserve Force member or an applicant as an officer in the Reserve Force: Provided that in those instances in which the filling of a post of Lieutenant-general is to be effected, the Minister in consultation with the National Executive must fill the post.

 

(2)

(a)The Chief of the Defence Force, or an officer designated by him or her for that purpose, may approve that an applicant who is selected to undergo training as an officer in the Reserve Force, be appointed in the rank of candidate officer if a member of the SA Army, the SA Air Force or the SA Military Health Service, or if a member of the SA Navy, in the rank of midshipman.
(b)A member who on the date of an appointment contemplated in paragraph (a) holds any other rank—
(i)shall cease to hold the said other rank with effect from such date; and
(ii)must be paid as if he or she holds the said other rank, unless the conditions of pay of a candidate officer or midshipman are more favourable than those attached to the said rank.

 

(3)A candidate officer or midshipman in the Reserve Force—
(a)may in the course of his or her training or the execution of his or her duties be placed in a position of authority over any non-commissioned other rank; and
(b)must, while exercising the authority contemplated in paragraph (a), be regarded in relation to any other rank over whom he or she exercises such authority, to hold the rank of Warrant Officer Class One.

 

(4)Despite subregulation (3), the rank of candidate officer or midshipman is, for disciplinary purposes, equivalent to the rank of private or seaman.

 

(5)Every person appointed in the rank of candidate officer or midshipman in the Reserve Force must for the duration of his or her training to become an officer wear the insignia of a candidate officer or midshipman.