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

Regulations

Regulations for the Reserve Force, 2009

3. [Repealed] Rank structure in Reserve Force

 

(1) The ranks set out in the following table may be conferred on the members of the Reserve Force, and each such rank—
(a) be lower than the rank preceding it in the relevant column of the table; and
(b) shall be equivalent to those ranks in the other columns of the table which occupy a corresponding position in order of precedence:

 

SA Army

SA Air Force

SA Navy

SA Military Health Service

(i) Officers

General

General

Admiral

General

Lieutenant-General

Lieutenant-General

Vice-Admiral

Lieutenant-General

Major-General

Major-General

Rear-Admiral

Major-General

Brigadier-General

Brigadier-General

Rear-Admiral (Junior Grade)

Brigadier-General

Colonel

Colonel

Captain

Colonel

Chaplain

Chaplain

Chaplain

Chaplain

Lieutenant-Colonel

Lieutenant-Colonel

Commander

Lieutenant-Colonel

Major

Major

Lieutenant-Commander

Major

Captain

Captain

Lieutenant

Captain

Lieutenant

Lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant

Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

Ensign

Second Lieutenant r

Candidate Officer

Candidate Officer

Midshipman

Candidate Office

(ii) Other Ranks

Master Chief Warrant Officer

Master Chief Warrant Officer

Master Chief Warrant Officer

Master Chief Warrant Officer

Senior Chief Warrant Officer

Senior Chief Warrant Officer

Senior Chief Warrant Officer

Senior Chief Warrant Officer

Chief Warrant Officer

Chief Warrant Officer

Chief Warrant Office

Chief Warrant Officer

Master Warrant Officer

Master Warrant Officer

Master Warrant Officer

Master Warrant Officer

Senior Warrant Officer

Senior Warrant Officer

Senior Warrant Officer

Senior Warrant Officer

Warrant Officer Class 1

Warrant Officer Class 1

Warrant Officer Class 1

Warrant Officer Class 1

Warrant Officer Class 2

Warrant Officer Class 2

Warrant Officer Class 2

Warrant Officer Class 2

Staff Sergeant

Flight Sergeant

Chief Petty Officer

Staff Sergeant

Sergeant

Sergeant

Petty Officer

Sergeant

Corporal

Corporal

Leading Seaman

Corporal

Lance Corporal

Lance Corporal

Able Seaman

Lance Corporal

Private

Airman

Seaman

Private

 

 

(2) Wherever any 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.