Reserve Forces Act 1980
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the reserve and auxiliary forces, and the lieutenancies, with amendments to give effect to a recommendation of the Law Commission; and to repeal certain obsolete enactments relating to those forces.
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom[b]
Royal assent20 March 1980
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the reserve and auxiliary forces, and the lieutenancies, with amendments to give effect to a recommendation of the Law Commission; and to repeal certain obsolete enactments relating to those forces. |
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| Citation | 1980 c. 9 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 March 1980 |
| Commencement | 20 April 1980[c] |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | |
Status: Partially repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the reserve and auxiliary forces and the lieutenancies in the United Kingdom.[1]
Repealed enactments
Sections 157(1)(a) and 157(1)(b) of the act repealed 47 enactments, listed in parts I and II of the schedule 10 to the act, respectively.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Geo. 6. c. 32 | Army Reserve Act 1950 | Section 22(2). |
| 14 Geo. 6. c. 33 | Air Force Reserve Act 1950 | Section 22(2). |
| 1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 50 | Auxiliary Forces Act 1953 | In section 2(1), the words "area consisting of one or more counties or any other", so far as unrepealed. In section 39(3), the words "An officer or man of the Territorial Army or the Royal Auxiliary Air Force shall not be compelled to serve as a peace officer or parish officer and". In section 43(1), the definition of "county". Schedule 3, so far as unrepealed. |
| 1966 c. 30 | Reserve Forces Act 1966 | Section 14(4). |
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Chas. 2. c. 3 | City of London Militia Act 1662 | Section 1. |
| 42 Geo. 3. c. 90 | Militia Act 1802 | The whole act. |
| 42 Geo. 3. c. 91 | Militia (Scotland) Act 1802 | The whole act. |
| 16 & 17 Vict. c. 73 | Naval Volunteers Act 1853 | The whole act. |
| 22 & 23 Vict. c. 40 | Royal Naval Reserve (Volunteer) Act 1859 | The whole act. |
| 26 & 27 Vict. c. 69 | Officers of Royal Naval Reserve Act 1863 | The whole act. |
| 34 & 35 Vict. c. 86 | Regulation of the Forces Act 1871 | The whole act. |
| 35 & 36 Vict. c. 73 | Merchant Shipping Act 1872 | The whole act. |
| 45 & 46 Vict. c. 12 | Militia Storehouses Act 1882 | The whole act. |
| 45 & 46 Vict. c. 49 | Militia Act 1882 | The whole act. |
| 47 & 48 Vict. c. 46 | Naval Enlistment Act 1884 | The whole act. |
| 59 & 60 Vict. c. 33 | Royal Naval Reserve Volunteer Act 1896 | The whole act. |
| 63 & 64 Vict. c. 52 | Naval Reserve Act 1900 | The whole act. |
| 2 Edw. 7. c. 5 | Royal Naval Reserve Act 1902 | The whole act. |
| 3 Edw. 7. c. 6 | Naval Forces Act 1903 | The whole act. |
| 6 Edw. 7. c. 5 | Seamen's and Soldiers' False Characters Act 1906 | Section 3. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 37 | Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921 | The whole act. |
| 16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 41 | Naval Reserve (Officers) Act 1926 | The whole act. |
| 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 18 | Royal Naval Reserve Act 1927 | The whole act. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 25 | Royal Marines Act 1948 | The whole act. |
| 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 8 | Recall of Army and Air Force Pensioners Act 1948 | The whole act. |
| 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 96 | Auxiliary and Reserve Forces Act 1949 | The whole act. |
| 14 Geo. 6. c. 32 | Army Reserve Act 1950 | The whole act, so far as unrepealed. |
| 14 Geo. 6. c. 33 | Air Force Reserve Act 1950 | The whole act, so far as unrepealed. |
| 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 8 | Home Guard Act 1951 | In section 1(4), the words "and as to pensions and other grants in respect of death or disablement". |
| 1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 50 | Auxiliary Forces Act 1953 | The whole act, so far as unrepealed. |
| 3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 20 | Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act 1955 | In Schedule 2, paragraphs 11 to 14 and 18. |
| 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 32 | Naval and Marine Reserves Pay Act 1957 | The whole act. |
| 9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 52 | Army and Air Force Act 1961 | In Schedule 2, the entries relating to the Recall of Army and Air Force Pensioners Act 1948, the Army Reserve Act 1950, and the Air Force Reserve Act 1950. |
| 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 10 | Army Reserve Act 1962 | The whole act. |
| 1964 c. 11 | Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act 1964 | The whole act. |
| 1964 c. 42 | Administration of Justice Act 1964 | Section 18(1) and (2). |
| 1966 c. 30 | Reserve Forces Act 1966 | The whole act, so far as unrepealed. |
| 1966 c. 45 | Armed Forces Act 1966 | In Schedule 4, the entries relating to the Seamen's and Soldiers' False Characters Act 1906, the Recall of Army and Air Force Pensioners Act 1948, the Auxiliary and Reserve Forces Act 1949, the Army Reserve Act 1950, the Air Force Reserve Act 1950, and the Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act 1964. |
| 1967 c. 80 | Criminal Justice Act 1967 | In Schedule 3, Parts I and IV, the entries relating to the Army Reserve Act 1950, the Air Force Reserve Act 1950, and the Auxiliary Forces Act 1953. |
| 1969 c. 65 | Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969 | The whole act. |
| 1971 c. 33 | Armed Forces Act 1971 | Section 64(2). Section 69(1) and (2). In section 76, the words from "in section 21 of the Army Reserve Act 1950" to end. In Schedule 3, paragraph 6. |
| 1972 c. 70 | Local Government Act 1972 | Section 218. |
| 1973 c. 34 | Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1973 | The whole act. |
| 1973 c. 65 | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 | Section 205. In Schedule 27, Part II, paragraphs 114 and 163. |
| 1977 c. 18 | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 | In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Army Reserve Act 1962. |
| 1977 c. 49 | National Health Service Act 1977 | In Schedule 14, in paragraph 13(1)(b), the reference to paragraph 49 of Schedule 4 to the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973. |
| 1978 c. 29 | National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 | In Schedule 15, in paragraph 10(c), the reference to paragraph 49 of Schedule 4 to the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973. |
Subsequent developments
Most of the act was repealed by section 131(2) of, and schedule 11 to, the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14), which came into force on 1 April 1997.[3] The sections remaining in force are sections 48, 55, 130 to 138, 140, 151, and 156 to 158.