ARCHIVED - QR&O: Volume I - Chapter 9 Reserve Service (Historical Version: 5 October 2000 to 19 July 2006)

(Refer carefully to article 1.02 (Definitions) when reading every regulation in this chapter.)

The Volume I Chapter 9: Reserve Service replaces this content.

Section 1 – Obligation to Serve

9.01 – ACTIVE SERVICE

Section 31 of the National Defence Act provides:

shall be deemed to be on active service for all purposes."

(M)

(9.02: REPEALED 1 SEPTEMBER 1999)

9.03 – AID TO THE CIVIL POWER

Sections 275 and 276 of the National Defence Act provide:

(C)

NOTE

Where members of the Supplementary Reserve are not on active service, they are not, without their consent, subject to call-out under the provisions of this article.

(C)

9.04 – TRAINING AND DUTY

(1) Subsections 33(2), (3) and (4) of the National Defence Act provide:

(1 September 1999)

(2) Subject to any limitations prescribed by the Chief of the Defence Staff, a member of the Primary Reserve may be ordered to train each year on Class "B" Reserve Service prescribed under subparagraph (1)(b) of article 9.07 (Class "B" Reserve Service) for a period not exceeding 15 days and on Class "A" Reserve Service (see article 9.06 – Class "A" Reserve Service), for a period not exceeding 60 days.

(3) In an emergency, the Minister may call out on service to perform any lawful duty other than training, such members of the Reserve Force, except members of the Supplementary Reserve, and such units and elements thereof as the Minister considers necessary. (1 September 1999)

(4) The authority of the Minister under paragraph (3) may, subject to such limitations as the Minister may prescribe, be exercised by military authorities designated by the Minister for that purpose.

(G) (P.C. 2000-1419 of 13 September 2000)

NOTES

(A) For the meaning of "emergency" as used in paragraph (3) of this article, refer to article 1.02 (Definitions).

(B) Where members of the Supplementary Reserve are not on active service, they are not, without their consent, subject to call-out under the provisions of this article.

(C)

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Section 2 – Service with Consent

9.05 – SERVICE WITH CONSENT

A member of the Reserve Force may, with the member's consent and by or under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff, be employed with the Regular Force or another sub-component of the Reserve Force.

(G)

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Section 3 – Types of Service

9.06 – CLASS "A" RESERVE SERVICE

(1) A member of the Reserve Force is on Class "A" Reserve Service when the member is performing training or duty in circumstances other than those prescribed under articles 9.07 (Class "B" Reserve Service) and 9.08 (Class "C" Reserve Service).

(2) Class "A" Reserve Service includes proceeding to and returning from the place where the training or duty is performed, but not when that training or duty, including attendance at local parades, local demonstrations or local exercises, is performed at local headquarters.

(G)

9.07 – CLASS "B" RESERVE SERVICE

(1) A member of the Reserve Force is on Class "B" Reserve Service when the member is on full-time service and:

1. serves in a temporary position on the instructional or administrative staff of a school or other training establishment conducting training for the Reserve Force, the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, the Royal Canadian Army Cadets or the Royal Canadian Air Cadets;
2. proceeds on such training attachment or such training course of such duration as may be prescribed by the Chief of the Defence Staff; or
3. is on duties of a temporary nature approved by the Chief of the Defence Staff, or by an authority designated by him, when it is not practical to employ members of the Regular Force on those duties.

(2) Class "B" Reserve Service includes proceeding to and returning from the place of duty.

(G)

9.075 – DEEMED FULL-TIME SERVICE

A member of the Reserve Force who is serving on an operation of a type approved by or on behalf of the Chief of the Defence Staff under subparagraph 9.08(1)(b) (Class "C" Reserve Service) is deemed to be on full-time service.

(G) (PC 2003-1372 of 17 September 2003)

9.08 – CLASS "C" RESERVE SERVICE

(1) A member of the Reserve Force is on Class "C" Reserve Service when the member is on full-time service and is serving

1. with approval by or on behalf of the Chief of the Defence Staff in a Regular Force establishment position or is supernumerary to Regular Force establishment; or
2. on either an operation or an operation of a type approved by or on behalf of the Chief of the Defence Staff.

(17 September 2003)

(1.1) For the purpose of subparagraph (1)(b), "operation" includes training and other duties necessary for the operation, and leave related to the operation. (17 September 2003)

(2) Class "C" Reserve Service includes proceeding to and returning from the place of duty.

(G) (P.C. 2003-1372 of 17 September 2003)

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Section 4 – Exemption from Training and Duty

9.09 – EXEMPTION FROM TRAINING AND DUTY – MATERNITY PURPOSES

(1) (Eligibility) An officer or non-commissioned member of the Reserve Force who has been pregnant for at least 19 weeks is entitled, on request, to be exempted from training and duty on Class "A" Reserve Service for maternity purposes for a maximum period of 17 weeks

(2) (Start and End of Period) Subject to paragraph (3), the period of exemption from training and duty shall not start more than 8 weeks before the expected date of birth and shall end not later than 17 weeks after the date of the end of the pregnancy.

(3) (Extension) The end date of the period of exemption from training and duty shall be extended by any of the following periods:

1. any period during which the new-born child is hospitalized, if the officer or non-commissioned member has not yet started the period of exemption from training and duty; and
2. any period during which the officer or non-commissioned member, having started but not ended the period of exemption from training and duty, performs training or duty while the new-born child is hospitalized.

(4) (Limitation) A period of exemption from training and duty extended under paragraph (3) shall end not later than 52 weeks after the date of the end of the pregnancy.

(M) ( 5 October 2000)

9.10 – EXEMPTION FROM TRAINING AND DUTY – PARENTAL PURPOSES

(1) (Eligibility) An officer or non-commissioned member of the Reserve Force is entitled to be exempted from training and duty on Class "A" Reserve Service, on request, for a single period of up to 37 consecutive weeks, or 35 consecutive weeks if the member is entitled to a period of exemption from training and duty under article 9.09 (Exemption From Training and Duty – Maternity Purposes), if the member:

1. has the care and custody of the member's new-born child;
2. starts legal proceedings under the laws of a province to adopt a child and the child is placed with the member for the purpose of adoption; or
3. obtains an order under the laws of a province for the adoption of a child.

(2) (Start and End of Period) The period of exemption from training and duty shall be taken within 52 weeks of the day on which the child of the officer or non-commissioned member is born or the day on which the member first became entitled to be exempted from training and duty under subparagraph (1)(b) or (c).

(3) (Extension) The end date of the period of exemption from training and duty shall be extended by any of the following periods:

1. any period during which the new-born or adopted child, or child to be adopted, is hospitalized, if the officer or non-commissioned member has not yet started the period of exemption from training and duty; and
2. any period during which the officer or non-commissioned member, having started but not ended the period of exemption from training and duty, performs training or duty while the new-born or adopted child, or child to be adopted, is hospitalized.

(4) (Limitation) A period of exemption from training and duty extended under paragraph (3) and any additional period of exemption from training and duty under paragraph (7) shall end not later than 52 weeks after the day on which the child of the officer or non-commissioned member is born or the day on which the member first became entitled to be exempted from training and duty under subparagraph (1)(b) or (c).

(5) (Limits – Parental Reasons) Subject to paragraph (6), if both parents are members of the Canadian Forces, the sum of the periods of exemption from training and duty to which the parents are entitled under this article, or the sum of the periods of exemption from training and duty under this article and leave under article 16.27 (Parental Leave) to which the parents are entitled, shall not exceed 37 weeks.

(6) (Limits – Parental and Maternity Reasons) If both parents are members of the Canadian Forces and one parent is entitled to an exemption from training and duty under article 9.09 or is entitled to leave under article 16.26 (Maternity Leave), the sum of the periods of exemption from training and duty to which the parents are entitled under this article shall not exceed 35 weeks.

(7) (Transitional Provision) An officer or non-commissioned member who first became entitled to be exempted from training and duty at any time between December 31, 2000 and May 19, 2001, under paragraph (1) as it read on October 5, 2000, is entitled to an additional period of exemption from training and duty equal to the difference between the period of entitlement to which they otherwise would have been entitled under this article and the period of exemption from training and duty previously granted.

(M) (20 May 2001)

(9.11 TO 9.99 INCLUSIVE: NOT ALLOCATED)