Armed Forces Act 2006

[F1 336A Requirement to delegate to service complaint panel U.K.

(1) Regulations made by the Secretary of State may, in relation to any service complaint of a prescribed description, make provision—

(a) requiring the Defence Council to exercise their power under section 335(1) to delegate to a service complaint panel all or any of the functions conferred on them by or under section 334; and

(b) imposing one or more of the requirements mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) Those requirements are—

(a) a requirement for all or a prescribed majority of the members of the service complaint panel to be independent members;

(b) a requirement for prescribed functions to be exercised by independent members of the service complaint panel.

(3) In this section—

• “independent member” has the same meaning as in section 336;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this section;

• “service complaint” has the same meaning as in section 334;

• “service complaint panel” has the same meaning as in section 335.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 336A inserted (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 20(7), 32(3); S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(a)