Defence (Amendment) Act 2021

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1960 (Despatch of contingents of the Permanent Defence Force for service outside the State with International United Nations Forces)

14. Section 2 of the Act of 1960 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1) —

(i) by the substitution of “subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4) ” for “subject to subsections (2) and (3) ”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “Defence Forces” for “Permanent Defence Force” in each place where it occurs,

(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “Defence Forces” for “Permanent Defence Force” in each place where it occurs,

(c) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “Defence Forces” for “Permanent Defence Force”, and

(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3) :

“(4) A member of the Reserve Defence Force shall not be despatched under subsection (1), (2) or (3) unless that member has consented to the despatch in accordance with section 86A or 91A, as the case may be, of the Principal Act.”.