Army Act 1955 (repealed)

210 Provisions as to Royal Marines.F6 U.K.

(1) The Royal Marines shall be a separate corps of the regular forces.

(2) In section two hundred and five of this Act—

(a) any reference to a land forces commission shall be construed as including a reference to a commissionin the Royal Marines;

(b) any reference to a [F1 warrant officer] non-commissioned officer or man of the army reserve called out on permanent service or undergoingannual or other training shall be construed as including a reference to a [F1 warrant officer] non-commissioned officer or marine of the [F2 Royal Marines Reserve or] the Royal Fleet Reserve F3 called into actual service or being trained or exercised.

(3) An officer, [F1 warrant officer] non-commissioned officer or marine of the Royal Marines, the [F2 Royal Marines Reserve or] the Royal Fleet Reserve, F3 shall continue subject to military law notwithstanding that he may for thetime being be subject to [F4 the M1 Naval Discipline Act 1957].

(4) In relation to the Royal Marines and the officer, officers, [F5 warrant officers] non-commissioned officers and marines thereof, and to officers, [F5 warrant officers] non-commissioned officers and marines of the [F2 Royal Marines Reserve or] the Royal Fleet Reserve, F3 this Act shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in Parts Iand II of the Seventh Schedule thereto.

(5) The provisions of Part III of the Seventh Schedule to this Act shall have effect as respects transfersbetween the Royal Marines and other corps of the regular forces in substitution for the provisions ofsubsections (3) and (4) of section three of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words inserted by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), Sch. 3 para. 4(1)(a)

F2 Words substituted by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55), Sch. 4 para. 1(1)

F3 Words repealed by Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Act 1959 (c. 10), Sch.

F4 Words substituted by virtue of Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53), s. 137(2)

F5 Words inserted by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), Sch. 3 para. 4(1)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 210(2)(b) extended by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9), Sch. 8 para.5(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 1957 c. 53.

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F6 Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2