Reserve Forces Act 1996
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make provision with respect to the reserve forces of the Crown and persons liable to be recalled for permanent service; to amend the provisions of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 relating to the lieutenancies; to amend the law relating to the postponement of the discharge or transfer to the reserve of regular servicemen; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 1996 c. 14 |
| Territorial extent | Northern Ireland[2] and the rest of the United Kingdom.[3] Isle of Man, subject to exceptions and modifications.[4] Certain provisions in sections 51, 52 and 110, and in Part VII, are extended to the Channel Islands by sections 51(4), 52(9), 77(1) and 110(4). |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 May 1996 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Reserve Forces Act 1980 |
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Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provides for the maintenance and composition of the reserve forces of the Crown.
Composition of the reserve
[edit]The Reserve Forces comprise:
- The Reserve Naval and Marine Forces - the Royal Fleet Reserve, the Royal Naval Reserve, and the Royal Marines Reserve.
- The Reserve Land Forces - the Army Reserve (Regular) and the Territorial Army (now known as the Army Reserve).
- The Reserve Air Forces - the Air Force Reserve and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
The Royal Fleet Reserve, the Army Reserve, and the Air Force Reserve are the Regular Reserve forces, comprising men and women who previously served in the regular forces and are liable for recall to active duty as reservists.
The Royal Naval Reserve, the Territorial Army, and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force are the Volunteer Reserve forces, comprising men and women who are members of the volunteer forces and liable to be called for active duty.
In addition the Act allows for the use of Sponsored Reserves whose employer enters into a contract with the Ministry of Defence to provide personnel to carry out specialist tasks as part of the armed forces. Examples are the Mobile Meteorological Unit, some of the staff on Royal Air Force transport aircraft (non flight crew) and some fleet container transport ships.
References
[edit]- "Reserve Forces Act 1996". Current Law Statutes 1996. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 1997. Volume 1. Chapter 14.
- "Reserve Forces Act 1996". Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales. Fourth Edition. 2010 Reissue. LexisNexis. Volume 3. Page 675 et seq.
- David Wray, "The New Reserve Forces Act 1996: Common Sense" (1996) 126 Army Quarterly and Defence Journal 389 (No 4, October 1996)
- Alison L Clayton, "The Reserve Forces Act, 1996: Are the Financial Safeguards Effective?" (1997) 21 Bailrigg Memorandum. Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, Lancaster University. 1997.
- ^ The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 132(1) of this act.
- ^ The Reserve Forces Act 1996, section 132(2)
- ^ Bistricic v Rokov and others (1976) 69 International Law Reports 20; O Hood Phillips, A First Book of English Law, Fourth Edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 1960, p 117.
- ^ The Reserve Forces Act 1996, section 132(3); the Defence Reform Act 2014, section 49(4); the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (Isle of Man) Order 2010 (SI 2010/2047), article 2 and Schedule; the Reserve Forces Acts 1980 and 1996 (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2016, article 3(2) and 3(3)(b).