Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) If a member who is serving in a category of the Reserves has failed to carry out the member's training or other obligations, the Chief of the member's Service may transfer the member to another category of the Reserves with a lesser level of training obligations.
Note See regulation 100.
(2) If a member is transferred to the Standby Reserve under subregulation (1):
(a) the member's period of service in the Standby Reserve ends at the earliest of the following events:
(i) when the member reaches his or her compulsory retirement age for service in the Standby Reserve;
(ii) if the member is allowed to resign from the Defence Force -- when the resignation is accepted;
(iii) if the member's service in the Defence Force is terminated -- when the service is terminated; and
(b) for a member who has completed 5 years service in the Standby Reserve -- the Chief of the member's Service must accept an application from the member to resign from the Standby Reserve unless the application:
(i) is made in time of war or in time of defence emergency; or
(ii) would be granted at a time at which the member has been called out for continuous full‑time service.