Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35)

Schedules

Schedule 2 U.K. Reserve forces: flexibility of commitments

Part 1 U.K. Consequential amendments

Reserve Forces Act 1996 U.K.

1 The Reserve Forces Act 1996 is amended as follows.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I2 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)

2 (1) Section 17 (postponement of discharge) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.

(3) In subsection (2), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.

(4) In subsection (4), for “full-time service under a full-time service commitment” substitute “service under a section 24 commitment”.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 2 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I4 Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)

3 (1) Section 26 (parliamentary control of commitments) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1)(a) substitute—

“(a) in service under section 24 commitments; or”.

(3) In subsection (2), for “full-time service” substitute “service under section 24 commitments”.

(4) In subsection (3), for “full-time service” substitute “service under section 24 commitments”.

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 2 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I6 Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)

4 (1) Section 97 (failure to attend for duty or training) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in the words before paragraph (a), for “full-time service” substitute “section 24”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “full-time service”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “section 24”, and omit “full-time” in the second place it occurs.

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 2 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I8 Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)

5 In subsection (1) of section 127 (interpretation)—

(a) omit the definition of “full-time service commitment”, and

(b) at the appropriate place, insert—

• ““section 24 commitment” means a commitment under section 24;”.

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 2 para. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I10 Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)

6 In Schedule 9 (application of Act to members of transitional classes), in paragraph 11, in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “full-time service commitment” substitute “commitment under that section”.

Commencement Information

I11 Sch. 2 para. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I12 Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)

Armed Forces Act 2006 U.K.

7 AFA 2006 is amended as follows.

Commencement Information

I13 Sch. 2 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I14 Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)

8 In section 62 (time limit for charging Reserve Forces Act offences)—

(a) in subsection (3)(c)(ii), for “full-time service” substitute “service under a commitment entered into under section 24 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996”;

(b) omit subsection (3)(d).

Commencement Information

I15 Sch. 2 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I16 Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)

9 In section 367 (persons subject to service law: regular and reserve forces), in subsection (2)(c), omit “full-time”.

Commencement Information

I17 Sch. 2 para. 9 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)

I18 Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(c)