Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 3383
DEFENCE
The Army Act 1955 (Part 1) (Regular Army) Regulations 1992 (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Made
29th November 2007
Laid before Parliament
3rd December 2007
Coming into force
1st January 2008
The Defence Council make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 2, 22 and 23 of the Army Act 1955( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Army Act 1955 (Part 1) (Regular Army) Regulations 1992 (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st January 2008.
Amendment to the principal Regulations
2. —(1) The Army Act 1955 (Part 1) (Regular Army) Regulations 1992( 2 ) (“the principal Regulations”) shall be amended as follows.
(2) For the forms set out in Schedule 2 (notice to be given under section 2(1) of the Army Act 1955 to a person offering to enlist in the regular army), substitute the form in the Schedule to these Regulations.
On behalf of the Defence Council
Derek Twigg
Richard Dannatt
Members of the Defence Council
Members of the Defence Council
29th November 2007
Regulation 2(2)
SCHEDULE 1 Prescribed form to be substituted in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
ARMY NOTICE PAPER
1955 c.18 ; the power to make regulations under section 22 was vested in the Defence Council by virtue of an amendment to section 22 by S.I. 1964/488 . Section 22(2) (which provides for such regulations to be made by statutory instrument) was inserted by the Armed Forces Act 1996 ( 1996 c.46 ), section 4(1), and came into force on 1st May 2001.
These Regulations were made by the Defence Council and came into force on 1st July 1992. They were subsequently amended by the Army Act 1955 (Part 1) (Regular Army) (Amendment) Regulations 1995, which were made by the Defence Council on 17th July 1995 and came into force on 1st August 1995. The principal Regulations as previously amended do not constitute statutory instruments.