South African Institute for Drug Free Sport Act, 1997
R 385
Defence Act, 2002 (Act No. 42 of 2002)RegulationsRegulations for the Reserve Force, 20173. Rank structure in Reserve Force |
| (1) | Subject to regulation 9, the ranks set out in the table contained in Annexure A may be conferred on members of the Reserve Force, and each such rank— |
| (a) | is lower than the rank preceding it in the relevant column of the table; and |
| (b) | is equivalent to those ranks on the same horizontal line in the other columns of the table. |
| (2) | Each other rank referred to in subregulation (1) also includes every other alternative nomenclature of such rank which may, with regard to military tradition, be used in a particular Service, Corps or branch of the Defence Force. |
| (3) | Wherever a rank is referred to in these Regulations, it includes, unless the context otherwise indicates, those ranks which are equivalent thereto in terms of this regulation. |
| (4) | An officer in command takes precedence over all officers under his or her command. |
| (5) | Irrespective of his or her rank, a member in command of an aircraft or vessel exercises for the duration of any flight or voyage authority over the crew and all persons on such aircraft or vessel in connection with any matter relating to the successful completion of such flight or voyage. |
| (6) | Despite the rank of chaplain in the table, the said rank is accorded the relative order of precedence of a colonel. |
