Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 33 of 2021
DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2021
CONTENTS
Section
1. Definitions
2. Insertion of new section 17A in Principal Act
3. Non-enlistment of minors
4. Voluntary military service of officer of Reserve Defence Force
5. Voluntary military service of reservist
6. Attachment of reservist on voluntary military service
7. Prohibition on political activities when on voluntary military service
8. Amendment of section 118 of Principal Act (persons subject to military law as officers)
9. Amendment of section 119 of Principal Act (persons subject to military law as men)
10. Amendment of section 174(2) of Principal Act (assembly of court of inquiry to deal with absence of man of Reserve Defence Force)
11. Amendment of section 182(1) and (2) of Principal Act (confession of desertion or fraudulent enlistment)
12. Amendment of section 178E of Principal Act (appeal to summary court-martial)
13. Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act
14. 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)
15. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1960 (Amendments of the Principal Act)
16. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1979 (application of sections 53, 54 and 55 of Principal Act to women)
17. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 2006 (Despatch of contingent or member of the Permanent Defence Force for external service for purposes other than service with International United Nations Force)
18. Short title and commencement
Acts Referred to
Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 (No. 44)
Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1979 (No. 28)
Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 20)
Defence Act 1954 (No. 18)
Defence Acts 1954 to 2015
European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)
An Act to amend the Defence Act 1954 , the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 , the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1979 ; and the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 ; and to provide for related matters.
[9th November, 2021]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
