Reserve Forces Act 1980

128 Regulations as to associations. U.K.

(1) Regulations for carrying into effect the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act as respects joint associations may be made by the Defence Council and such regulations may, among other things, provide for the following matters—

(a) for regulating the manner in which powers are to be exercised and duties performed by such associations, and for specifying the services to which money paid by the Defence Council is to be applicable;

(b) for authorising and regulating the acquisition by or on behalf of such an association of land for the purposes of this Part and the disposal of any land so acquired;

(c) for authorising and regulating the borrowing of money by such an association;

(d) for authorising the acceptance of any money or other property, and the taking over of any liability, by such an association, and for regulating the administration of any money or property so acquired and the discharge of any liability so taken over;

(e) for facilitating the co-operation of such an association with any other association such as is mentioned in section 121 above or with any local authority or other body, and for providing by the constitution of joint committees or otherwise for co-operative action in the organisation and administration of divisions, brigades and other military bodies and of groups, wings, squadrons and other air force bodies, and for the provision of assistance by one association to another;

(f) for affiliating cadet units, rifle and aviation clubs and other bodies to the Territorial Army or to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force or to any part of them;

(g) for or in respect of anything by the foregoing provisions of this Part directed or authorised to be done or provided for by regulations or to be done in the prescribed manner;

(h) for the application for the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Part, as respects any matters to be dealt with by regulations, of any provision in any Act of Parliament dealing with the like matters, with the necessary modifications or adaptations, and in particular of any provisions as to the acquisition of land by or on behalf of volunteer corps.

(2) Regulations for carrying into effect the foregoing provisions of this Part as respects territorial and army volunteer reserve associations and auxiliary air force associations respectively may be made by the Defence Council, and such regulations may, among other things, provide for the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (h) of subsection (1) above read with the following modifications—

(a) for references to joint associations there shall be substituted references to territorial and army volunteer reserve associations or to auxiliary air force associations, as the case may be;

(b) as respects territorial and army volunteer reserve associations there shall be omitted the references to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, to groups, wings, squadrons, and other air force bodies, and to aviation clubs;

(c) as respects auxiliary air force associations there shall be omitted the references to the Territorial Army, to divisions, brigades and other military bodies.

(3) All regulations under this section as respects joint, territorial and army volunteer reserve and auxiliary air force associations respectively shall be applicable to all joint, territorial and army volunteer reserve and auxiliary air force associations respectively, except in so far as may be otherwise provided by the regulations or by any scheme made under this Part.

(4) In relation to this section—

(a) regulations made for the purposes of section 125 or of section 126 above shall be subject to the Treasury’s consent; and

(b) all regulations shall be laid before Parliament after being made.