Part VII Ulster Defence Regiment

Membership of Ulster Defence Regiment

140 Orders and regulations as to F1pensions and other grants .

(1)

F2The conditions as to pensions and other grants in respect of death or disablement arising out of service in the Ulster Defence Regiment shall be such as may be prescribed by orders or regulations.

(1A)

The reference in subsection (1) to service in the Ulster Defence Regiment includes service in the regular army by a relevant person during the relevant period.

(1B)

In subsection (1A)—

“regular army” has the meaning given by section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006;

“relevant person” means a person who, immediately before 1 July 1992, was a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment;

“relevant period”, in relation to a relevant person, means the period beginning with 1 July 1992 and ending at the end of his term of service which was current on that date.

(2)

Orders or regulations shall provide for the organisation, administration, government and duties of the Ulster Defence Regiment, but shall not require members of that force to give whole-time service except—

(a)

during any period in which that force or the part of it to which they belong is called out under section 10, or section 24 or section 25 above, or

(b)

while they are undergoing training under paragraph (a) of section 44(1) above,

and those orders or regulations shall not require members of that force to serve or train outside Northern Ireland.

(3)

In this F3section —

(a)

references to orders are to orders of Her Majesty signified under the hand of the Secretary of State, and

(b)

references to regulations are to regulations made by the Secretary of State,

and any orders or regulations under this F4section shall be laid before Parliament after being made.