Armed Forces Act 1976

Section 3.

SCHEDULE 1Royal Marines

PART IRoyal Marines—General

1In paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the [1955 c. 18.] Army Act 1955 (exclusion of certain provisions of Parts I and II from application to marines) the words "sections fourteen and seventeen" shall cease to have effect.

2For paragraph 19 of that Schedule (deductions from pay) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“19Except to the extent that they are applied by paragraph 22 below, sections 150 and 151 shall not apply to officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and marines of the Royal Marines, the Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve or the Royal Fleet Reserve.”.

PART IIRoyal Marines Warrant Officers

3The following sub-paragraphs shall be inserted after paragraph 5(2) of that Schedule (discharge of marines and transfer to the Royal Fleet Reserve):—

“(2A)Where a marine enlisted in the United Kingdom is, when entitled to be discharged, serving out of the United Kingdom, then—

(a)if he requires to be discharged in the United Kingdom, he shall be sent there free of cost with all convenient speed and shall be discharged on his arrival there or, if he consents to his discharge being delayed, within six months from his arrival; but

(b)if at his request he is discharged at the place where he is serving he shall have no claim to be sent to the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

(2B)A marine who is discharged in the United Kingdom shall be entitled to be conveyed free of cost from the place where he is discharged to the place stated in his attestation paper to be the place where he was attested or to any place at which he intends to reside and to which he can be conveyed with no greater cost.

(2C)Where a marine, when falling to be transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve, is serving out of the United Kingdom, he shall be sent to the United Kingdom free of cost with all convenient speed and shall be transferred to the Reserve on his arrival there, or if he consents to his transfer being delayed, within six months from his arrival:

Provided that if he so requests he may be transferred to the Reserve without being required to return to the United Kingdom.

(2D)A marine who is transferred to the Reserve in the United Kingdom shall be entitled to be conveyed free of cost from the place where he is transferred to the place stated in his attestation paper to be the place where he was attested or to any place at which he intends to reside and to which he can be conveyed with no greater cost:

Provided that he shall not be entitled to be conveyed to any place outside the United Kingdom.”.

4In paragraph 11 of Schedule 6 to the [1955 c. 19.] Air Force Act 1955 (application of Act to members of Royal Marines attached to Royal Air Force) after the words "In relation to officers," there shall be inserted the words " warrant officers, ".