#### 17 Provisional appointment (1) The Governor‑General may appoint a person to be an officer provisionally. (2) A provisional appointment is subject to compliance by the officer with a specified condition determined under regulation 14. (3) The Chief of the officer’s Service may terminate the officer’s service in the Defence Force at any time during the period of provisional appointment at which the officer does not comply with a condition mentioned in subregulation (2). > Note: The termination of an officer’s period of service is not followed by transfer to the Standby Reserve. (4) The officer’s period of service in the Defence Force includes the period of provisional appointment.

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