Naval Reserve Act 1900
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1900 c. 52 |
| Year | 1900 |
Naval Reserve Act, 1900
(63 & 64 Vict.) CHAPTER 52.
An Act to make further provision for a Naval Reserve.
[8th August 1900]
B e it 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:
1 Power to raise new division of Royal Naval Reserve.
(1)—(1.) It shall be lawful for the Admiralty to raise and keep up a new division of the force raised under the Royal Naval Reserve (Volunteer) Act, 1859 , and commonly known as the Royal Naval Reserve, in addition to the men raised under that Act.
(2) (2.) The reserves so raised under this Act shall consist of—
( a ) The persons who are in receipt of pensions in respect of service in the navy or the marines, and who—
(i) having enlisted in the navy or marines after the passing of this Act, are entitled to their pensions subject to a condition of service in this division of the Reserve; or
(ii) having enlisted in the navy or marines before the passing of this Act, have enlisted in this division of the Reserve; and
( b ) Persons, not exceeding fifteen thousand in number, who have served in the navy or the marines, but are not in receipt of such pensions, and who have enlisted in this division of the Reserve; and
( c ) The persons who are employed as artizans or otherwise in any of the naval or civil establishments under the Admiralty subject to a condition of service in the reserve.
(3) (3.) Section two of the Royal Naval Reserve (Volunteer) Act, 1859 (relating to term of service), shall not apply to men raised under this Act, but their term of service shall be regulated, in the case of pensioners entitled to their pensions subject to a condition of service in this division of the Reserve, by the conditions attached to the pension, and in other cases by the terms of the enlistment or the employment, as the case may be.
(4) (4.) Subject as aforesaid, the Royal Naval Reserve (Volunteer) Act, 1859, shall apply to men raised under this Act in like manner as it applies to men raised under that Act, with the substitution, in the case of marines, of the words ‘non-commissioned officers or men’ for the words ‘petty officers or seamen in the Royal Navy,’ and subject, in their case, to the provision that the non-commissioned officers and men when called into actual service, and when being...
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