Armed Forces Act 2011

Armed Forces Act 2011
Act of Parliament
coat of arms
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to continue the Armed Forces Act 2006 (AFA 2006); to amend that Act and other enactments relating to the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence Police; to amend the Visiting Forces Act 1952; to enable judge advocates to sit in civilian courts; to repeal the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915; and for connected purposes.
Citation2011 c. 18
Introduced byLiam Fox MP (Commons)
Lord Astor of Hever (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent3 Nov 2011
Other legislation
Repeals/revokesNaval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915
Relates toArmed Forces Act 2006
Status: Current legislation

The Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Provisions

It part of a series of acts to provide a legislative framework for the UK Armed Forces. The act gave the armed forces the legal authority to exist for another five years (under the terms of the Declaration of Right).[1]

Its most major element was to establish a requirement for the Secretary of State for Defence to make an annual report to Parliament on the implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant.[2] It also made some revisions to the Armed Forces Act 2006, and provisions covering the three service police forces and the Ministry of Defence Police.

Ping-pong

Stage Date Hansard Reference Notes
Programme (No. 3) motion: House of Commons, and Commons Consideration of Lords' Amendments 19 Oct 2011 Columns 1008-1021[3]
Lord's Consideration of Commons Reason 26 Oct 2011 Columns 856-863[4]

Royal assent

The bill was given royal assent (and thus became an Act) on 3 November 2011.[5]

Reception

The director general of the Royal British Legion, Chris Simpkins, criticised the legislation describing it as a "U-turn" from the government's original commitment, due to the lack of an external body to monitor implementation of the covenant.[6] Simpkins described it as the Ministry of Defence monitoring itself.[7]

References

  1. ^ Taylor, p. 1
  2. ^ "David Cameron confirms military covenant 'law' plans". BBC News. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Hansard, 19 Oct 2010" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Hansard, 26 Oct 2011" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Bill stages — Armed Forces Act 2011". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  6. ^ "David Cameron accused of U-turn over military covenant". BBC News. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  7. ^ "MoD cost reviews looks to find fresh cuts". BBC News. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2026.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.