An Act to provide for the application of new designations to the territorial force and the special reserve, and to repeal enactments relating to the militia and yeomanry; and for purposes in connection therewith.
The Act primarily served to rename the two organisations, which had been announced as a government policy the previous year, and ensure that all regulations and legislation referring to the two were updated.[1] The renaming provoked some controversy and confusion, particularly as the original use of "Militia" had only been abolished fourteen years earlier, but it was argued that the role of a "Militia" was clearer and more readily understood by the public than that of a "Special Reserve".[2]
The Act also served to abolish the "legislative lumber", as it was termed by Viscount Peel, the previous Under-Secretary of State for War, of the old Militia and Yeomanry Acts which were still nominally in force. The eighteenth and nineteenth-century system of a locally conscripted Militia and volunteer Yeomanry had been effectively abolished by the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, and all the organised units had been dissolved or transferred to the new system, but the legislative framework still existed. The Act thus abolished these powers as no longer necessary or appropriate.[2]
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^p. 867, Manual of Military Law. HMSO, London: 1929 (reprinted 1939)
^ abDebate on the bill in the House of Lords, Hansard, 10 August 1921
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territorial, army, militia, 1921, parliament, parliament, united, kingdom, affecting, reserves, british, army, modified, territorial, reserve, forces, 1907, renaming, existing, territorial, force, territorial, army, special, reserve, militia, updated, repealed. The Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921 11 amp 12 Geo 5 c 37 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting the reserves of the British Army It modified the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 renaming the existing Territorial Force as the Territorial Army and the Special Reserve as the Militia and updated or repealed a number of outdated regulations Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921Act of ParliamentParliament of the United KingdomLong titleAn Act to provide for the application of new designations to the territorial force and the special reserve and to repeal enactments relating to the militia and yeomanry and for purposes in connection therewith Citation11 amp 12 Geo 5 c 37Territorial extent England and Wales Scotland IrelandDatesRoyal assent17 August 1921Other legislationAmendsReserve Forces Act 1900Repeals revokesBetter Ordering the Forces Act 1663Militia Tower Hamlets Act 1796Yeomanry Ireland Act 1802Militia Stannaries Act 1802Militia Exemption of Religious Teachers Act 1802Militia Act 1803Militia Scotland No 2 Act 1803Yeomanry Act 1804Yeomanry Accounts Act 1804Local Militia England Act 1812Local Militia Scotland Act 1812Militia Returns Act 1812Local Militia Exemption Act 1812Local Militia England Act 1813Local Militia Scotland Act 1813Yeomanry Training Act 1816Yeomanry Act 1817Yeomanry Act 1826Militia Act 1852Militia Law Amendment Act 1854Militia Scotland Act 1854Militia Ireland Act 1854Militia Act 1855Militia Ireland Act 1857Militia Storehouses Act 1860Militia Ballot Act 1860Militia Ballot Suspension Act 1865Militia Ireland Act 1869Militia and Yeomanry Act 1901Militia and Yeomanry Act 1902Repealed byReserve Forces Act 1980Status RepealedHistory of passage through ParliamentText of statute as originally enacted The Act primarily served to rename the two organisations which had been announced as a government policy the previous year and ensure that all regulations and legislation referring to the two were updated 1 The renaming provoked some controversy and confusion particularly as the original use of Militia had only been abolished fourteen years earlier but it was argued that the role of a Militia was clearer and more readily understood by the public than that of a Special Reserve 2 The Act also served to abolish the legislative lumber as it was termed by Viscount Peel the previous Under Secretary of State for War of the old Militia and Yeomanry Acts which were still nominally in force The eighteenth and nineteenth century system of a locally conscripted Militia and volunteer Yeomanry had been effectively abolished by the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 and all the organised units had been dissolved or transferred to the new system but the legislative framework still existed The Act thus abolished these powers as no longer necessary or appropriate 2 References edit p 867 Manual of Military Law HMSO London 1929 reprinted 1939 a b Debate on the bill in the House of Lords Hansard 10 August 1921 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921 amp oldid 1195043070, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
