Yeomanry (Ireland) Act 1802
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1802 c. 68 |
| Year | 1802 |
(42 Geo. 3) C A P. LXVIII.
[22d June 1802]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that his Majesty should be enabled to accept and continue the Services of such Troops or Companies of his Majesty's loyal Subjects inIreland , as have voluntarily associated and enrolled themselves under and by virtue of an Act, passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the thirty-seventh Year of his Majesty's Reign, intituled, , or as shall hereafter voluntarily associate and enrol themselves, or be continued or formed in Manner herein-after mentioned; and that his Majesty, or the Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland for the Time being, should also be empowered, according to his and their Discretion, fully to discharge and dismiss the said Troops or Companies, or any of them, and to call in and receive the Arms, Accoutrements, and Clothing of such Troops or Companies as shall be so discharged or dismissed;' 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, Thatif any of his Majesty's loyal Subjects inIreland , shall have voluntarily associated and enrolled themselves, or shall hereafter be associated and enrolled, or formed or continued in Troops or Companies under Officers having Commissions from his Majesty, or from the Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, duly authorized thereto by his Majesty, for the Protection of Property, and Preservation of the Peace, within the Barony, City, or Town wherein the Place of first assembling shall be appointed in such Commission, and within every Barony, City, or Town immediately adjoining thereto, every Serjeant, Trumpeter, Drummer, and Private therein, shall be entitled to receive such Clothing, Arms, and Accoutrements, or Allowances in lieu thereof, and also such Pay, in such Manner and at such Rate as his Majesty, or such Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland , shall appoint, for every Day not exceeding two Days in each Month, that he shall actually assemble and attend by Order of his Commanding Officer, acting under the Direction of such Chief Governor or Governors, for the Purpose of being disciplined and exercised.
II Permanent Pay to one Serjeant, &c. in every Troop, &c.
II. And be it further enacted, That one Serjeant, and one Trumpeter or Drummer in every such Troop or Company, shall be entitled to receive permanent or daily Pay, to be appointed in like Manner during the Continuance of such Troop or Company.
III Not subject to Military Discipline.
III. And be it further enacted, That neither such Enrolment, nor the receiving of Pay or Allowances as aforesaid, shall subject any Person so enrolled or receiving Pay to Military Discipline or Duty, or to the Provisions of any Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion.
IV When Orders shall be given to discontinue the Services of any Troop or Company, the Commanding Officer shall communicate the same, and require them to deliver up their Arms, &c.
IV. And be it further enacted, That if it shall be the Pleasure of his Majesty, or the Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland for the Time being, to discontinue the Services of any Troop or Company which shall have been embodied or enrolled under the Provisions of the said recited Act of the thirty-seventh Year of his Majesty's Reign, or which shall be embodied and enrolled, or formed or continued, by virtue of the Powers in this Act contained, on such the Pleasure of his said Majesty, or such Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland , being signified to the...
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