Naval Enlistment Act 1853
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1853 c. 69 |
| Year | 1853 |
(16 & 17 Vict.) C A P. LXIX.
[15th August 1853]
'WHEREAS by an Actof the Session holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of KingWilliam the Fourth, Chapter Twenty-four, it was enacted, that no Person should be liable to be detained against his Consent in the Naval Service of His Majesty for a longer Period than Five Years, to be computed from the Day of his being entered into the same, unless he should have voluntarily entered for a longer Term, and except as therein-after provided, and Provisions are therein contained having reference to such Term of Five Years: And whereas by an Actof the Session holden in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Thirty, in was enacted, that every Boy who, when under the Age of Sixteen Years, should enter the Service of Her Majesty's Navy, should be liable to be detained in the said Service for any Period not exceeding Seven Years, to be computed from the Day of his being entered into the same: And whereas by an Order made by Her Majesty in Council on the First Day ofApril One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three Her Majesty has been pleased, by and with the Advice of Her Privy Council, to approve Recommendations of the Commissioners of the Admiralty for the Encouragement of Men entering the Navy for continuous and general Service, and Regulations have been and may be issued by the said Commissioners of the Admiralty offering increased Rates of Pay and other Advantages to Men entering the Navy for Ten Years continuous and general Service, or re-entering for continuous and general Service for such a Term as with such Time as may be allowed in respect of their previous Service will make up a Term of Ten Years or thereabouts, and for the Benefit of Boys entering Her Majesty's Navy: And whereas it is expedient to make Provision concerning the Service of the Persons who may be entitled to the Benefits of the said Regulations, and to extend the Period of Service of Boys hereafter entering the Navy, and otherwise to amend the Law concerning the Manning and Discipline of the Navy:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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:
I & 6 W. 4. c. 24. as amended by this Act, to extend to Men entering for 10 Years, or any other Term of continuous and general Service.
I. Where, under the Regulations or Directions of the Lord High Admiral or Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, Men willing so to enter or re-enter into the Naval Service of Her Majesty have already been or may hereafter be entered or re-entered for Ten Years continuous and general Service, or entered or re-entered for such other Term of continuous and general Service as under such Regulations or Directions may be authorized, such Men shall be liable to serve accordingly; and all the Provisions of the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of KingWilliam the Fourth, as amended by this Act, shall extend to every such Man as if the Term for which he has already been or may hereafter be so entered or re-entered were throughout substituted for the Term of Five Years.
II Repeal of 10 & 11 Vict. c. 30.
II. The said Act of the Tenth and Eleventh Years of Her Majesty shall be repealed; and every Boyhereafter entering when under the Age of Eighteen Years into the Naval Service of Her Majesty shall be entered and liable to serve until he attain the Age of Twenty-eight Years; and every Person who, when of the Age of Eighteen Years or upwards, shall be hereafter entered into such Naval Service as a Boy, shall be entered for Ten Years continuous and general Service from the Time of his entering, and shall be liable to serve accordingly; and the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of KingWilliam the Fourth, as amended by this Act, shall be applicable to every such Boy as if the Term for which he shall be liable to serve were throughout substituted therein for Five Years; and the Statement by any Boy of his Age at the Time of his entering as aforesaid shall, for the Purposes of this Act, be conclusive Evidence of his Age at that Time.
III As to Grant of Extra Pay to Men detained in Service in Cases of Emergency.
III. So much of the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of KingWilliam the Fourth as provides that every Person detained in the Service in consequence of any special Emergency after the Expiration of his Period of Service shall be entitled to receive for such extra Service One Fourth in addition to the Pay of his Rating, shall be repealed; and every such Person so detained shall be entitled to receive for such extra Service Twopence a Day in addition to the Pay of his Rating.
IV Sect. 4. of 5 & 6 W. 4. c. 24. repealed.
IV. The Fourth Section of the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of KingWilliam the Fourth, entitling to Double Bounty Seamen, seafaring Men, and other Persons entering the Navy within the Time and in manner therein mentioned, after the Issue of any Royal Proclamation calling for the Services of seafaring Men, shall be repealed; and all Personsentering or re-entering the Navy after the issuing of any such Proclamation (whether general or restricted as herein-after mentioned,) shall be entitled to such Bounty or respective Bounties according to their Classes, as may be offered by such Proclamation, with such Increase, if any, as Her Majesty may in the Case of all or any such Persons think fit to direct, in respect of their entering within such Times or in such Manner as in such Proclamation may be in that Behalf appointed.
V Sections 5. and 6. of 5 & 6 W. 4. c. 24. repealed.
V. The Fifth Section of the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of KingWilliam the Fourth, requiring the Service for a Period of Five Years, in case their Services should be so long required, of the Seamen serving on board the Fleet in case of such Proclamation as therein mentioned, and fixing the Bounty to be paid in consideration of such Service, and the Sixth Section of the said Act, concerning the re-entering of Persons whose Period of Service shall expire when any such Proclamation shall be in force, shall be repealed.
VI Not to affect Rights of Persons now serving.
VI. Provided always, That nothing herein-before contained shall affect the Rights or Liabilities under the said Acts of the Fifth and Sixth Years of KingWilliam the Fourth and Tenth and Eleventh Years of Her Majesty incident to or consequent upon the existing Terms of Service of the Persons now serving in the Navy, except such Persons as may have entered under the Regulations for continuous and general Service, or may have become or may hereafter become entitled to...
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