The Defence (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 1964

• Citation: S.I. 1964/489
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, interpretation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Defence (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 1964.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st April 1964, being the appointed day for the purposes of the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964.

Section 2 Amendments and revocations of instruments

(1) In the instruments mentioned in Part I of the Schedule to this Order there shall be made the amendments specified in relation to them in the second column of the Schedule.

(2) The instruments mentioned in Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall be revoked to the extent specified in the third column of the Schedule.

Section 4

Any direction which under these Regulations may be given by the Defence Council may be given by any person authorised by the Defence Council to give that direction.

Section 5

A national service man serving in the Royal Naval Special Reserve, the Territorial Army, the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve may, if the Defence Council so direct, be transferred to another of those forces.

Section 9

A volunteer serving in the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve, the Territorial Army, the Army Reserve, the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve or the Royal Auxiliary Air Force may at his request, and if the Defence Council so direct, be transferred to serve as a volunteer in another of those forces.