The Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20) 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.
Provisions 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.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 The act allowed for the streamlining of the Defence Equipment and Support Agency (DE&S).
Part 3 is concerned with reserve forces: the Army Reserve was renamed the Regular Reserve and the Territorial Army was renamed the Army Reserve.UK Legislation, Defence Reform Act 2014: Section 44, accessed 1 November 2022 The act increased the size of the reserved forces.
The act increased provided for 3,000 additional regular soldiers.
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.
Subsequent stages
Subsequent parliamentary stages were as follows:
House Stage Date(s)CommonsCommittee 3 September 2013 - 22 October 2013 Report 20 November 2013 3rd Reading 20 November 2013Lords 1st Reading 21 November 2013 2nd Reading 10 December 2013Committee 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.
Further reading
House of Commons Hansard, http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/ House of Lords Hansard, http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/lords/
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