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Defence Reform Act 2014

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44Renaming of Army Reserve and Territorial Army

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(1)The Army Reserve is renamed the Regular Reserve.

(2)The Territorial Army is renamed the Army Reserve.

(3)Accordingly, wherever it appears in the enactments mentioned in subsection (4) (unless the context requires otherwise)—

(a)for “Army Reserve” substitute “Regular Reserve”, and

(b)for “Territorial Army” substitute “Army Reserve”.

(4)The enactments are—

  • section 68 of the Marriage Act 1949,

  • the Reserve Forces Act 1980 (including any headings),

  • section 22 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995,

  • the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (other than paragraph 9 of Schedule 8), and

  • the Armed Forces Act 2006.

(5)In any enactment passed before the relevant date (other than those dealt with by subsections (3) and (4)), and in any instrument or other document made before that date—

(a)references to the Army Reserve are to be read, in relation to any time on or after that date, as references to the Regular Reserve, and

(b)references to the Territorial Army (including references which are treated as references to the Territorial Army) are to be read, in relation to any time on or after that date, as references to the Army Reserve.

(6)The “relevant date” is the date on which this section comes into force.

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