Defence Reform Act 2014
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make provision in connection with any arrangements that may be made by the Secretary of State with respect to the provision to the Secretary of State of defence procurement services; to make provision relating to defence procurement contracts awarded, or amended, otherwise than as the result of a competitive process; to make provision in relation to the reserve forces of the Crown; and for connected purposes.[1]
Citation2014 c 20
Introduced byPhilip Dunne
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent14 May 2014
Other legislation
Relates toReserve Forces Act 1980, Reserve Forces Act 1996, Armed Forces Act 2006
Status: Current legislation

The Defence Reform Act 2014 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerned with defence procurement and the UK Reserve Forces, particularly the Territorial Army. It has 51 sections and seven schedules.

Part 1 of the Act relates to defence procurement in general. Part 2 created a statutory framework for single-source contracts, operating in accordance with the Single Source Contract Regulations. The Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) was established under the Act.[2] Part 3 is concerned with reserve forces: the Army Reserve was renamed the Regular Reserve and the Territorial Army was renamed the Army Reserve.[3]

Parliamentary history

First reading

The Act had its first reading in the House of Commons on 3 July 2013. Its backers were the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander, Business Secretary Vince Cable, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude, Dominic Grieve and the Bill Minister, Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Philip Dunne.

Second reading

The second reading in the House of Commons took place on 16 July 2013.[4]

Subsequent stages

Subsequent Parliamentary stages were as follows:

House Stage Date(s)
Commons Committee 3 September 2013 - 22 October 2013
Report 20 November 2013
3rd Reading 20 November 2013
Lords 1st Reading 21 November 2013
2nd Reading 10 December 2013
Committee 3 February 2014 - 25 February 2014
Report 24 March 2014 - 26 March 2014
3rd Reading 2 Apr 2014

The Bill returned to the House of Commons on 29 April 2014, where a programme motion was passed, and Commons Consideration of Lords' Amendments took place.

Royal Assent

The Bill was given Royal Assent (and thus became an Act) on 14 May 2014.[5]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Defence Reform Act 2014: Government Bill". parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. ^ Wilson, C., Defence Reform Act 2014 and associated regulations: a new framework for single source procurement, DLA Piper, published 2 December 2014, accessed 30 April 2022
  3. ^ UK Legislation, Defence Reform Act 2014: Section 44, accessed 1 November 2022
  4. ^ Philip Hammond (16 July 2013). https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130716/debtext/130716-0002.htm#13071683000001. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). UK: Commons. col. 957. ((cite book)): |chapter-url= missing title (help)
  5. ^ "Royal Assent". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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