The Armed Forces Act 2011 is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It part of a series of Acts to provide a legislative framework for the UK Armed Forces. Apart from giving the armed forces the legal authority to exist for another five years, its major elements are establishing a requirement for the
Secretary of State for Defence to make an annual report to Parliament on the implementation of the
Armed Forces Covenant
The Military Covenant or Armed Forces Covenant is a term introduced in 2000 into British public life to refer to the mutual obligations between the United Kingdom and His Majesty's Armed Forces. According to ''The Guardian'', "it is an informal un ...
, some revisions to the
Armed Forces Act 2006, and provisions covering the three service police forces and the Ministry of Defence Police.
Ping-pong
Royal Assent
The Bill was given
Royal Assent (and thus became an Act) on 3 November 2011.
Further reading
*House of Commons Hansard, http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/
*Murrison, Andrew (2011) 'Tommy This 'an Tommy That: The Military Covenant' Biteback.
*Taylor, Claire; House of Commons Research Paper 10/85 'Armed Forces Bill', Bill 122 of 2010–11. Dated 17 December 2010.
References
{{UK legislation
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2011
2011 in military history
United Kingdom military law
British Armed Forces
Politics of the United Kingdom