Colonial Naval Defence Act 1931
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1931 c. 9 |
| Year | 1931 |
Colonial Naval Defence Act, 1931
(21 & 22 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 9.
An Act to Amend and consolidate the Colonial Naval Defence Acts, 1865 and 1909.
[3rd March 1931]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Colonial vessels of war.
(1) The legislature of any colony may, with the approval of His Majesty in Council, make provision at the expense of the colony for maintaining and using vessels of war, subject to such conditions as His Majesty in Council may approve.
(2) The powers conferred on the legislature of a colony by the last foregoing subsection may be exercised in conjunction with the legislature of any other colony.
(3) His Majesty in Council may, on such conditions as he thinks fit, authorise the Admiralty to accept any offer made by the Government of a colony to place at His Majesty's disposal for general service in the Royal Navy any vessel of war maintained by the colony, and while any such vessel is at the disposal of His Majesty as aforesaid, it shall be deemed for all purposes to be a vessel of war of the Royal Navy.
2 Colonial naval forces.
(1) Where the legislature of any colony has made provision for raising a force for the naval defence of the colony within its territorial waters, that legislature may, with the approval of His Majesty in Council, further provide that all or any of the officers and men of that force—
(a ) shall, whether serving ashore or afloat or within or without the limits of the colony, be subject to all the enactments and regulations for the time being in force for the enforcement of discipline in the Royal Navy, with such modifications and adaptations as may be made by the legislature to adapt those enactments and regulations to the circumstances of the colony;
(b ) shall be liable to service and training in any ship, establishment or other place without the limits of the colony, whether belonging to the colony or not;
(c ) shall, in the case of officers or men entered on the express terms of accepting general service in the Royal Navy in emergency, form part of the Royal Naval Reserve or of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve or that some shall form part of the Royal Naval Reserve and others of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve:
Provided that the enactments and regulations for the time being in...
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