Part 2 — Wills Interpretation and Application of Part 2
18 Active service
(a) a certificate signed by or on behalf of an officer purporting
to have custody of the records of the force in which a
member was serving at the time the will was made setting
out that the member was on active service at that time is
sufficient proof of that fact, and
(b) if a certificate referred t o in clause (a) is not available, a
member of a naval, land or air force is deemed to be on
active service after the member has taken steps under the
orders of a superior officer preparatory to serving with or
being attached to or seconded to a component of such a
force that has been placed on active service.