The Reserve Land Forces Regulations ADR006053 Intentionally blank Reserve Land Forces Regulations AC 72030 RESERVE LAND FORCES REGULATIONS In accordance with the provision of section 11 of the Auxiliary Forces Act the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (No 3) Order 1978 brought into being the Territorial and Army Volunteer Regulations 1978. The provisions of the Reserve Forces Act 1982 formally amended the title of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) to the Territorial Army (TA) and the regulations were re-titled The Territorial Army Regulations 1978. The provision of the Defence Reform Act 2014 formally amended the title of the Territorial Army (TA) to the Army Reserve and the former Army Reserve to the Regular Reserve. These provisions therefore brought into being The Army Reserve Regulations 1978. The Army Board of the Defence Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 4 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 and all other powers enabling them on that behalf, brought into force The Regular Reserve Regulations 1997 and The Reserve Forces (Army) Regulations 1997. In accordance with the Army Reserve and Regular Reserve Order 2016, with effect from 1 December 2016, the above named regulations will be revoked and broadly replaced by these Regulations and the schedule thereto. Henceforth all reference to the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) and the Territorial Army (TA) are to be construed as reference to the Army Reserve. All reference to the old Army Reserve are to be construed as reference to the Regular Reserve. Army Reserve and the Regular Reserve are not to be abbreviated and should always be written in full. Reserve Land Forces Regulations i AC 72030 Intentionally blank Reserve Land Forces Regulations ii AC 72030 DEFENCE COUNCIL REGU LATIONS The Reserve Land Forces Regulations 2016 Made - - - - October 2016 Laid before Parliament October 2016 Coming into force - - 1st December 2016 The Army Board of the Defence Council(a) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996(b). Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Reserve Land Forces Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st December 2016. Schedule to these Regulations 2. The Schedule to these Regulations has effect. On behalf of the Defence Council DCGS October 2016 D Pers October 2016 Members of the Army Board (a) Under section 1(5) of the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (1964 c. 15), the functions of the Defence Council under any enactment may, subject to any directions of the Defence Council, be discharged by the Admiralty Board, the Army Board or the Air Force Board. Accordingly, functions of the Defence Council under section 4(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 may be discharged by the Army Board. The exercise of any function by the Army Board under section 1(5) of the 1964 Act has the same legal effect as if it had been done by the Defence Council. (b) 1996 c. 14. Reserve Land Forces Regulations iii AC 72030 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations make provision with respect to the command and administration of the Army Reserve and the Regular Reserve. The Army Reserve is the Army’s volunteer reserve force. The Regular Reserve is the Army’s ex-regular reserve force. Broadly speaking, these Regulations replace the Army Reserve Regulations 1978(a), the Regular Reserve Regulations 1997(b) and the Reserve Forces (Army) Regulations 1997(c), which are to be revoked by Her Majesty, by order signified under the hand of the Secretary of State (under section 4 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”)). Those revocations will take effect on the same day as these Regulations come into force. The effect of section 4(4) of the 1996 Act is that these Regulations may be amended by Her Majesty, by order signified under the hand of the Secretary of State (under section 4(1) and (4) of the 1996 Act), or by the Defence Council, by regulations (under section 4(2) of that Act). (a) The Army Reserve Regulations 1978 were brought into force by the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (No. 3) Order 1978, which was made in July 1978 by Her Majesty, by order signified under the hand of the Secretary of State. Those Regulations were not made by statutory instrument. As originally made, the title of those Regulations was, “The Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve Regulations 1978”. That title was changed to “The Territorial Army Regulations 1978” following the coming into force of section 1(1) of the Reserve Forces Act 1982 (c. 14), which changed the name of the Army’s volunteer reserve force from the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve to the Territorial Army. The title of those Regulations was then changed from “The Territorial Army Regulations 1978” to “The Army Reserve Regulations 1978” following the coming into force of section 44(2) of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), which changed the name of the Army’s volunteer reserve force from the Territorial Army to the Army Reserve. The 1978 Regulations were amended by 39 Amendment Orders (numbered Amendment 1 to Amendment 39 inclusive) made between 1978 and 2015 by Her Majesty, by order signified under the hand of the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Auxiliary Forces Act 1953 (1953 c. 50 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2)), section 62 of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9) and section 4 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996, and of all other powers enabling Her Majesty in that behalf. (b) The Regular Reserve Regulations 1997 were made by the Army Board of the Defence Council on 20th February 1997 in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996. Regulations under section 4(2) of the 1996 Act are not made by statutory instrument. (c) The Reserve Forces (Army) Regulations 1997 were made by the Army Board of the Defence Council on 20th February 1997 in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996. Regulations under section 4(2) of the 1996 Act are not made by statutory instrument. Reserve Land Forces Regulations iv AC 72030 RESERVE LAND FORCES REGULATIONS PREFACE 1. The Army is committed to the continuing development and use of service policies, practices and procedures which, within the framework of the law, do not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, social background, sexual orientation or religious belief and, where practicable, age. Every possible step has been taken to provide genuine equality of opportunity within these Regulations. 2. The Regulations for the Reserve Land Forces provide for the command and administration of Army Reserve units, details of the administration and call out and recall provisions for the Regular Reserve and instructions on the training of both the Army and Regular Reserve. Officers are expected to be acquainted with them and to observe them strictly in their spirit and intention, while interpreting them reasonably and intelligently, with due regard to the interests of the Service. 3. On matters of command, administration and mobilisation these regulations should be read in conjunction with relevant instructions contained in Queen’s Regulations for the Army and/or Army and Joint Service publications laying down policy for the matter under consideration, to which reference is made necessary. 4. Throughout the term Army Reserve and Regular Reserve is used to mean both officers and soldiers. 5. In line with departmental policy, these Regulations will only be available electronically on digital media with no central print run. Therefore, in order to avoid the time-consuming and expensive task of inserting new loose-leaf pages and destroying the old pages, these regulations will only be re-published digitally with the latest amendments shown in green text. 6. An outline of the areas updated since the introduction of amendment 39 to the Army Reserve Regulations 1978 and therefore covered for the first time on the introduction of these regulations, are covered in Part 1 of the schedule to the Reserve Land Forces Regulations as follows: a. Chapter 1. (Organisation, Command and Liability for Call-out). (1) Section 1 (Annex E/1). (a) High Readiness Reserve access to Defence Dental Service (DDS) dental assessments. b. Chapter 2. (Training). (1) Section 1. (a) Reservists are to be classed as Core Trained after completion of Phase 1 Training. Reserve Land Forces Regulations v AC 72030 (2) Section 2. (a) Annual Continuous Training may be aggregated in four continuous daily periods adding up to 16 days for Bounty qualification. c. Chapter 3. (Unit Command, Control and Administration). (1) Section 1. (a) Flexible working (Non Standard Working Hours) available to FTRS and ADC Personnel. (b) Service Arrangements for the Administration of Wills and Non Mobilised Reservists Off-Duty Deaths. Reservists may make use of the MOD Will Storage Facility whether mobilised or not. (c) Employer Notification requirements. (2) Section 2. (a) Restrictions on Recruits and Trainees attending Annual Continuous Training (ACT). (b) Restrictions on Recruits and Trainees attending overseas Exercises. (3) Section 4. (a) Reporting of Off-duty deaths of Non-Mobilised Reservists. (4) Section 5 and Annex C/5. (a) Cessation of Transitional arrangements of the award of Territorial Decoration and Territorial Efficiency Medal. (b) Use of post nominals “VR”. (5) Section 14. (a) Conversion of Unposted Lists A and B to Army Reserve Reinforcement Group (ARRG). d. Chapter 4. (Terms of Service Officers). (1) Section 7. (a) Command Appointments Regular and Reserve Units.