Militia (Ireland) Act 1809
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1809 c. 120 |
| Year | 1809 |
(49 Geo. 3) C A P. CXX.
[19th June 1809]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that the Laws now in force for raising and training the Militia ofIreland shouldbe repealed, and that new Provisions should be made for the same;' Be it therefore enacted, by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the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of the same, That from and after the Commencement of this Act, the several Acts herein-after mentioned shall be repealed; that is to say, an Act made in the Parliament ofIreland in the Thirty-third Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for amending and reducing into One Act of Parliament the Laws relating to the Militia ofIreland; and also an Act made in the Parliament ofIreland in the Thirty-fifth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, to explain and amend the said recited Act of the Thirty-third Year aforesaid; and also an Act made in the Parliament of Irelandin the Thirty-sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, further to explain and amend the said recited Acts of the Thirty-third and Thirty-fifth Years aforesaid; and also an Act made in the Parliament ofIreland , in the Thirty-seventh Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to explain and amend the Laws now in force relating to the Militia of this Kingdom;and also an Act made in the Parliament ofIreland in the Thirty-eighth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to further explain and amend the Laws now in force relating to the Militia of this Kingdom;and also an Act made in the Parliament ofIreland in the Fortieth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for enabling His Majesty to accept the Services of Volunteers from the Militia under certain Reslrictions, and for amending the Law relative to the Militia ofIreland, so far as the said Act is in force immediately before the passing of this Act; and also another Act made in the Parliament ofIreland in the said Fortieth Year, for amending the said first recited Act of the Thirty-third Year aforesaid; and also an Act made in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the Forty-first Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for increasing the Number of Field Officers of the several Regiments of Militia inIreland; and also an Act made in the Forty-second Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for authorizing and rendering valid the Discharge of certain Militia Men inIreland,and for giving Indemnity to the several Counties and Places in Ireland, which may incur any Expence in consequence of the Discharge of certain Militia Men , except only so much of the said last-mentioned Act as relates to Militia Men discharged before the passing of this presentAct; and the said several Acts are hereby repealed, except as aforesaid; and also except so far as the said recited Acts or any of them repeal any former Act or Acts of Parliament, or any Clause, Matter, or Thing therein; and also save and except as to any Proceeding for the Punishment of any Person or Persons for or in respect of any Offence or Offences which shall before the Commencement of this Act have been committed against any of the said Acts; and save so far as may be otherwise provided by this Act; and also save and except that all and every Commissions, Deputations, Appointments, and Enrolments of any Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, Drummer, or Private, or of any Governor, Deputy Governor, or inferior Civil Officer, which shall have been made under the said Act or any of them, before the Commencement of this Act, shall stand and remain in full Force and Effect; and all and every Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, Drummer, and Private, Governor, Deputy Governor, or other Civil Officer, duly appointed or enrolled under the said Acts, or any of them, shall stand, remain, and continue in the same Plight, Capacity, and Situation respectively, and shall continue serving in the said Militia, in all Respects as if this Act had not passed; and that all Matters and Things whatsoever which shall have been done under and by virtue of the said recited Acts or any of them before the Commencement of this Act, shall be of the same Force, Validity, and Effect, in all Respects, as if this Act had not passed; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
II Number of Regiments and Battalions of Militia for each County, &c. in Ireland.
II. And be it further enacted, That the several Regiments or Battalions of Militia inIreland shall respectively be as follows; that is to say, there shall be for the County of Cork Two Regiments, each of Eight Companies; for each of the Counties of the Cities of Cork and Dublin One Regiment of Eight Companies; for each of the Counties of Tyrone Galway Londonderry, Tipperary, Donegal and Wexford. One Regiment of Ten Companies; for each of the Counties of Antrim, Meath, Waterford , County and County of City, Kerry, Monaghan Armagh King's County, Limerick, Kilkenny , County and County of City, and Roscommon , One Regiment of Eight Companies; for the County of Mayo Two Battalion, each of Seven Companies; for each of the Counties of Clare, Queen's County, Wicklow, Westmeath, Leitrim Cavan, Sligo, Fermanagh, Dublin, Longford, Kildare , and Carlow , One Battalion of Six Companies; for the County of the City of Limerick , One Battalion of Six Companies; for the County of Louth (including the County of the Town of Drogbeda ) One Regiment of Nine Companies; and for the County of Down Two Battalions of Six Companies.
III Lord Lieutenant and Council may augment Regiments not having Ten Companies.
III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland for the Time being, by and with the Advice of His Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland , from Time to Time, taking into Consideration the Number of Men sit and liable to serve in the said Militia in any County or County of a City which by this Act is required to raise any Regiment or Battalion consisting of less than Ten Companies, and also taking into Consideration the Proportion which such Number of Men shall bear to the Numbers of such Men in other Counties or Counties of Cities, to order that any Regiment or Battalion consisting of less than Ten Companies, shall be augmented by increasing the Number of Companies therein respectively; so always that no Battalion consisting of Six Companies, nor any Regiment consisting of Eight Companies, shall be augmented by more than Two Companies; and that no Battalion of Seven Companies, nor any Regiment of Nine Companies, shall be augmented by more than One Company; and that every such Company so to be added shall contain and consist of the same Number of Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, Drummers, and Privates respectively, as the other Battalion Companies of the same Regiment or Battalion shall from Time to Time consist of; and that the Men of such Companies shall be raised in like Manner as the Men of the other Companies of such Regiment or Battalion.
IV Appointment of Colones by Lord Lieutenant to each Regiment, &c. their Resignation, &c.
IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland , from Time to Time, as Occasion shall require, to appoint a Colonel for every such Regiment or Battalion of Militia in Ireland: Provided always, that no Person shall be Colonel of Two Regiments or Battalions of Militia, or of a Regiment and Battalion: Provided also, that it shall be lawful for the Colonel of any Regiment or Battalion of the said Militia, to tender his Resignation of his Commission of Colonel of any such Regiment or Battalion to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, and it shall be lawful for such Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors to accept any such Resignation, and also to appoint such sit and qualified Person or Persons as he or they shall from Time to Time think proper, to be Colonel or Colonels in the Stead and Place of any Colonel or Colonels so resigning as aforesaid, and in the Stead and Place of any Colonel or Colonels who may happen to die or be removed, as the Case may be.
V Other Officers of Regiments and Companies.
V. And be it further enacted, That the other Officers of the several Regiments and Battalions of Militia aforesaid, according to the ordinary Establishments hereafter mentioned, shall be as follows respectively; that is to say, One Lieutenant Colonel and One Major to each Regiment or Battalion, and One Captain, One Lieutenant, and One Ensign to each Battalion Company: Provided also, and it shall be lawful for every Battalion to have One Company of Grenadiers or Light Infantry, to which instead of One Lieutenant and One Ensign, Two Lieutenants shall be appointed; and it shall be lawful for every Regiment to have One Companyof Grenadiers, and also One Company of Light Insantry, to each of which Companies, instead of One Lieutenant and One Ensign, Two Lieutenants shall be appointed.
VI Ordinary Establishment of each Company, Staff Appointments.
VI. And be it further enacted, That the ordinary Establishment of each Company in the said Militia shall be Sixty-five Privates, Four Serjeants, Five Corporals, and Two Drummers; and that in...
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