Bill re Defence Amendment Bill 2021

Jul 8, 2021 | Bills

Bill re Defence (Amendment) Act, 2021.

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DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021

OBJECTS AND REASONS

This Bill would amend the Defence Act, Cap. 159 to broaden the officer corps and make use of the expertise of retired officers and to provide for related matters.

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DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title
  2. Amendment of Cap. 159
  3. Validation

BARBADOS

A Bill entitled

An Act to amend the Defence Act, Cap. 159 to broaden the officer corps and make use of the expertise of retired officers and to provide for related matters.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:

Short title 1.

This Act may be cited as the Defence (Amendment) Act, 2021.

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Amendment of Cap. 159

  1. The Defence Act, Cap. 159 is amended by inserting immediatelyafter section 169 the following new section:
    “Command of Force during the exigencies of service169A.(1)Notwithstanding section 169 or any enactment to thecontrary, the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Defence Board, may appoint, where the exigencies of the service so require, a retired officer of the Barbados Defence Force
    1. who held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel or the equivalent Naval or Air Force rank; and
    2. who is over the age of 55 years but has not attained the age of 65 yearsin whom the command of the Barbados Defence Force will be vested, and, subject to the terms of his appointment, that officer has command of the Force during the pleasure of the Governor-General.(2) The Governor-General may confer on an officer referred to insubsection (1) such rank as the Defence Board recommends.”.
      Validation
  2. The continuance in office of any officer or soldier of the BarbadosDefence Force, or the appointment of such an officer or soldier to any office, before the commencement of this Act, contrary to the provisions of the Defence Act, Cap. 159, the Defence (Officers) Regulations, 1979 (S.I. 1979 No. 162) or
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    the Defence (Barbados Defence Force Reserve) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. 1981 No. 48)
    1. after such officer or soldier had retired from the Barbados Defence Force; or
    2. after such officer or soldier had ceased to be a member of the second class of the Barbados Defence Force Reserve,

shall be deemed to have been lawful and valid; and any function performed by such an officer or soldier before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been lawfully and validly performed.

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of , 2021.

Speaker

Read three times and passed the Senate this day of

, 2021.

President

PARLIAMENT

SECOND SESSION OF 2018-2023

BILL

cited as the Defence (Amendment) Act, 2021

Government Printing Department

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