Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1969 c. 65 |
Ulster Defence RegimentAct 1969
1969 CHAPTER 65
An Act to establish the Ulster Defence Regiment and for purposes connected therewith.
[18th December 1969]
Be 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 Establishment and status of Ulster Defence Regiment.
(1) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty to establish and maintain a force to be called the Ulster Defence Regiment (hereafter in this Act referred to as ‘the force’) consisting of such number as may from time to time be determined by Parliament of such men as may voluntarily undertake to serve therein and as may be accepted for such service.
(2) Members of the force shall be members of the armed forces of the Crown; and—
(a ) any holder of a land forces commission who is for the time being assigned for duty with the force, and any other member of the force when serving on the permanent staff of the force, shall be subject to military law;
(b ) any member of the force to whom paragraph (a ) of this subsection does not apply shall be subject to military law—
(i) at all times when called out for service under section 2 of this Act or when undergoing training whether in pursuance of an obligation under that section or not; and
(3) References in Parts II to V of the Army Act 1955 to the regular forces shall include references to members of the force while subject to military law but save as aforesaid references in that Act to the regular forces shall not include references to the force.
(4) The following provisions shall have effect as to the enrolment, re-engagement and resignation of members of the force otherwise than as officers thereof, namely—
(a ) a person volunteering and accepted for service in the force shall be enrolled for a prescribed period not exceeding three years;
(b ) a member of the force may, if he so desires and is accepted for re-engagement, re-engage from time to time for a further such period;
(c ) a member of the force may if he so desires cease to be a member thereof upon the expiration of one month's notice of his desire so to cease given in writing to his commanding officer;
but a person shall not cease to be a member of the force by virtue of paragraph (a ), (b ) or (c ) of this subsection if immediately before the expiration of the period for which he was enrolled, or the period for which he re-engaged, or the period of his notice, as the case may be, he is on permanent service in pursuance of section 2(3) or (4) of this Act.
(5) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, the conditions for the acceptance of persons as members of the force and the conditions of service of members thereof (including conditions as to pay, allowances and pensions or other grants in respect of death or disablement) shall be such as may be prescribed; and orders or regulations shall make provision for the organisation, administration, government and duties of the force, but shall not require members of the force to give whole-time service except during any period during which the force or the part of it to which they belong is called out under subsection (2), (3) or (4), or they are undergoing training under paragraph (a, of section 2 of this Act and shall not require members of the force to serve or train outside Northern Ireland.
(6) Section 3(1) of the Army and Air Force (Women's Service) Act 1948 (which provides for the application to women of certain enactments...
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