Reserve Forces Act 1996
Reserve Forces Act 1996 (1996 c. 14)
- Reserve Forces Act 1996 (1996 c. 14)
- Part I The Reserve Forces
- Maintenance and composition
- 1 Power to maintain the reserve forces.
- 2 Membership of the reserve forces.
- 3 Control of numbers in the reserve forces.
- Regulation and organisation
- 4 Orders and regulations concerning the reserve forces.
- 5 Organisation of the reserve forces.
- 6 Permanent staff of the reserve forces.
- Pay and pensions
- 7 Pay, bounty and allowances of the reserve forces.
- 8 Pensions.
- Part II Enlistment and conditions of service
- Enlistment and re-engagement
- 9 Enlistment of men in the reserve forces.
- 10 Enlistment of foreign nationals and residents.
- 11 Re-engagement for service.
- 12 Service in the reserve land and air forces on enlistment.
- 13 Transfer of men between reserve forces.
- Discharge
- 14 General powers to discharge men of the reserve forces.
- 15 Discharge by commanding officer.
- 16 Entitlement to discharge.
- 17 Postponement of discharge.
- 18 Rights of men on being discharged.
- Supplementary
- 19 Orders and regulations as to enlistment etc.
- 20 Command, posting etc. of men in permanent service.
- 21 Service of marines in the Royal Fleet Reserve.
- Part III Training and other duties
- Obligatory training
- 22 Training obligations of members of the reserve forces.
- 23 Power to exempt persons from or relax training obligations.
- Commitments to perform additional duties
- 24 Commitments to a period of full-time service.
- 25 Additional duties commitments.
- 26 Parliamentary control of commitments.
- Voluntary activities
- 27 Voluntary training and other duties.
- Part IV Special agreements for call out
- Special agreements
- 28 Special agreements.
- 29 Employers’ consent before entering agreements.
- 30 New employer’s consent to continuation of agreements.
- 31 Termination of agreements.
- Call out for permanent service under Part IV
- 32 Call out of persons who have entered into special agreements.
- 33 Acceptance into service under Part IV.
- 34 Release from service under Part IV.
- Supplementary
- 35 Exercise of certain functions under section 32 or 33.
- 36 Parliamentary control of numbers and reports.
- 37 Interpretation of Part IV.
- Part V Employee Agreements
- Preliminary
- 38 Purpose of Part V.
- 39 Employee agreements.
- Liabilities of special members
- 40 Liability of special members to be called out or to train.
- 41 Cessation of liabilities.
- 42 Discharge etc. of special members.
- Call out for permanent service under Part V
- 43 Call out of special members.
- 44 Acceptance into service of special members.
- 45 Release from service of special members.
- Supplementary
- 46 Exercise of certain functions under section 43 or 44.
- 47 Parliamentary control of numbers and reports.
- 48 Application of Part V to Crown servants, employees of sub-contractors and self-employed persons.
- 49 Interpretation of Part V.
- Part VI Call out for permanent service
- General liability to be called out for permanent service
- 50 Liability of members of reserve forces under call-out orders.
- 51 Geographical extent of liability to service on call out.
- Powers to authorise call out
- 52 Call out for national danger, great emergency or attack on the UK.
- 53 Maximum duration of service on call out under section 52.
- 53A Agreement to alter limits in section 53
- 54 Call out for warlike operations.
- 55 Maximum duration of service on call out under section 54.
- 55A Agreement to alter limits in section 55
- 56 Call out for certain purposes.
- 57 Maximum duration of service on call out under section 56.
- 57A Agreement to alter limits in section 57
- Call out of members of a reserve force
- 58 Call out of members of a reserve force on authority of call-out order.
- 59 Acceptance into service under call-out order.
- 60 Release from service under call-out order.
- 61 Alteration of authority for call out.
- Supplementary
- 62 Power to exempt persons from or relax call-out liability.
- 63 Exercise of certain functions under section 58 or 61.
- 64 Interpretation of Part VI.
- Part VII Recall for service of officers and former servicemen
- Liability to be recalled for service
- 65 Liability of officers and former servicemen to be recalled.
- 66 Persons who may be recalled under Part VII.
- 67 Geographical extent of liability to service on recall.
- Power to authorise recall
- 68 Recall for national danger, great emergency or attack on the UK.
- 69 Maximum duration of service on recall.
- Recall for permanent service
- 70 Recall of persons on authority of recall order.
- 71 Acceptance into service under recall order.
- 72 Release and discharge from service under recall order.
- Supplementary
- 73 Power to exempt persons from or relax recall liability.
- 74 Exercise of certain functions under section 70.
- 75 Power to require information.
- 76 Recall not to affect service pensions.
- 77 Interpretation of Part VII.
- Part VIII Schemes for Exemption and Financial Assistance
- Individual exemptions etc. from call out or recall
- 78 Individual exemptions etc. from call out.
- 79 Individual exemptions etc. from recall.
- 80 Effect of exemptions etc.
- 81 Regulations under section 78 or 79: supplementary.
- 82 Offences in connection with regulations under section 78 or 79.
- Financial assistance in respect of reserve forces
- 83 Payments to individuals in respect of financial loss attributable to call out or recall.
- 84 Payments to employers etc. in respect of financial loss attributable to call out or recall.
- 84A Other payments to employers etc of members of reserve forces
- 85 Regulations under section 83, 84 or 84A: supplementary.
- 86 Power to suspend payments due to national danger or great emergency.
- 87 Offences in connection with claims for payments.
- Part IX Reserve forces appeal tribunals
- 88 The reserve forces appeal tribunals.
- 89 Jurisdiction and powers of appeal tribunals.
- 90 Appointment of panel of chairmen.
- 91 Appointment of panel of ordinary members.
- 92 Membership of tribunals etc.
- 92A Sections 90 to 92: supplementary
- 93 General power to make rules.
- 94 Offences in connection with appeals.
- Part X General Offences
- Offences against good order and discipline
- 95 Offences against orders and regulations under section 4.
- Desertion and absence without leave from service, duty or training
- 96 Failure to attend for service on call out or recall.
- 97 Failure to attend for duty or training.
- 98 Punishment etc. of offences of desertion or absence without leave.
- 99 False pretence of illegal absence.
- 100A Arrest by civilian police of deserters and absentees without leave
- 101 Inducing a person to desert or absent himself.
- 102 Record of illegal absence.
- General
- 103 Trial of offences as offences under service law.
- 104 Jurisdiction of civil courts.
- 105 Trial of offences by civil court.
- 106 Offences triable by court-martial or civil court.
- 107 Time for institution of proceedings.
- 108 Evidence.
- 109 Meaning of “civil court”.
- Part XI Reserve Associations
- 110 Establishment of associations for areas in the UK.
- 111 Constitution of associations.
- 112 General duties of associations.
- 113 Powers and duties assignable to associations.
- 113A Duty to prepare report on volunteer reserve forces
- 114 Expenses of associations.
- 115 Accounts of associations.
- 116 Joint committees of associations.
- 117 Regulations as to associations.
- 118 Compensation of displaced employees.
- 119 Winding-up of associations.
- Part XII Miscellaneous and General
- Miscellaneous
- 120 Disbanding of units: charitable property.
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- 122 Safeguard of employment for members of reserve forces.
- 123 Billeting.
- 124 Exemption from tolls etc.
- 125 Absence for voting.
- 125A Supply of contact details by HMRC
- 125B Prohibition on disclosure of contact details supplied under section 125A
- 125C Data protection
- 126 Postponement of transfer to the reserve or discharge of servicemen.
- General
- 127 Interpretation.
- 128 Transitory provisions.
- 129 Application of Act to members of transitional classes.
- 130 Power to make transitional, consequential etc. provisions.
- 131 Consequential amendments and repeals.
- 132 Short title, extent and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Enlistment
- Conditions for enlistment
- Procedure on attestation
- Validity of attestation and enlistment
- False answers in attestation papers
- Evidence as to attestation papers
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- SCHEDULE 2 Deserters and absentees without leave
- Preliminary
- Arrest
- Proceedings before a civil court where persons suspected of illegal absence
- Surrender to police
- Certificates of arrest or surrender
- Duties of governors of prisons and others to receive deserters and absentees
- SCHEDULE 3 Evidence
- General provisions as to evidence
- Proceedings for offences under section 95
- Proof of outcome of civil trial
- SCHEDULE 4 Provisions of schemes for the constitution of associations
- SCHEDULE 5 Charitable property on disbanding of units
- Part I Preliminary
- Designation of successor to disbanded unit
- General interpretation
- Part II Succession to charitable property: England and Wales
- Effect of designation of successor to disbanded unit
- Exclusion of charitable property from paragraph 3
- Application of property otherwise than under paragraph 3
- Validity of certain acts by trustees
- Saving for interests in property contingent on disbandment of unit
- Part III Succession to charitable property: Scotland
- Effect of designation of successor to disbanded unit
- Exclusion of charitable property from paragraph 9
- Power of Lord Advocate to apply to Court of Session
- Validity of certain acts
- Saving for interests in property contingent on disbandment of unit
- Part IV Succession to charitable property: Northern Ireland
- Effect of designation of successor to disbanded unit
- Exclusion of charitable property from paragraph 15
- Application of property otherwise than under paragraph 15
- Validity of certain acts by trustees
- Saving for interests in property contingent on disbandment of unit
- SCHEDULE 7 Postponement of transfer to the reserve or discharge from the regular services
- The Army
- The Royal Marines
- The Royal Air Force
- The Royal Navy
- SCHEDULE 8 Transitory and transitional provisions
- Existing members of the reserve forces
- Royal Fleet Reserve
- The special class of the Royal Fleet Reserve
- Home Service Force
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
- Reserves of Officers
- Training of existing members of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- Effect of transfers under this Schedule
- Parliamentary control
- SCHEDULE 9 Application of Act to members of transitional classes
- Part I The original transitional class of members of the reserve forces
- Part II Application of Act to members of the original transitional class
- Part 3 The second transitional class of members of the reserve forces
- Part 4 Application of Act to members of the second transitional class
- SCHEDULE 10 Minor and consequential amendments
- Army Act 1955 (c.18)
- Air Force Act 1955 (c.19)
- Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c.53)
- Reserve Forces Act 1966 (c.30): old references to RMFVR
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25)
- Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c.44)
- Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43)
- Reserve Forces Act 1982 (c.14): old references to TAVR
- Wages Act 1986 (c.48)
- Wages (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/796 (N.I.7))
- Official Secrets Act 1989 (c.6)
- Army Act 1992 (c.39)
- Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52)
- Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c.53)
- Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8)
- Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2668 (N.I.11))
- SCHEDULE 11 Repeals
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