Reserve Forces Act 1996 (United Kingdom)
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The Reserve Forces Act 1996 (United Kingdom) is a key piece of legislation that modernised and regulates the organisation, duties, and mobilisation of the UK’s reserve armed forces.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Reserve Forces Act 1996 | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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United Kingdom legislation ⓘ |
| amends | earlier enactments relating to armed forces administration ⓘ |
| authorises |
agreements for additional duties by reservists
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call-out of sponsored reserves ⓘ |
| citation | 1996 c. 14 ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on employment protection for reservists
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provisions on offences and penalties for reservists ⓘ provisions on reinstatement in civilian employment ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createsCategory |
special members of reserve forces
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sponsored reserves ⓘ |
| defines |
liability for call-out of reservists
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obligations of reservists ⓘ powers of the Crown to mobilise reserves ⓘ types of service for reserve forces ⓘ |
| enablingAuthority | Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England and Wales
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Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| legalArea |
military and defence law
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public law ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to make provision with respect to the reserve forces of the Crown and with respect to the delegation of functions relating to the armed forces; and for connected purposes ⓘ |
| parliament | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesFor |
call-out for national danger or great emergency
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call-out for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations ⓘ call-out for warlike operations ⓘ full-time service of reservists ⓘ liability of former regulars for reserve service ⓘ part-time service of reservists ⓘ |
| purpose |
to consolidate and replace earlier legislation on reserve forces
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to define categories and terms of service of reservists ⓘ to modernise the legal framework for UK reserve forces ⓘ to set out conditions for call-out and mobilisation of reservists ⓘ |
| regulates |
Army Reserve
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UK Reserve Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Reserve Forces of the Crown
Royal Auxiliary Air Force ⓘ Royal Marines Reserve ⓘ Royal Navy Reserve ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Naval Reserve
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| replaced |
Reserve Forces Act 1980
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Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1996-10-22 ⓘ |
| shortTitle |
Reserve Forces Act 1996 (United Kingdom)
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| status | in force with amendments ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
defence policy
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military law ⓘ reserve armed forces ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1996 ⓘ |
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