11. Defence Forces

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Updated to 31 December 2023 (Act No. 9 of 2024 and S.I. No. 141 of 2024)

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► 11.1. Defence Forces: General

	► Military Courts - General Regulations as to Trial of Civilians, 2 October 1922 ¹ none
Defence ²	► Defence Act 1954 Defence Forces (Establishment of the Reserve) Proclamation 1927, S.R.& O. No. 921 of 1927 ³ Defence Forces - Exercise of Effective Command by Minister for Defence 7 April 1938, S.R.& O. No. 923 of 1938 ⁴ Defence Forces (Billeting Requisitions) Order 1940 [Vol. XXVIII p. 929], S.R.& O. No. 104 of 1940 ⁵ Defence Act, 1954 (Commencement) Order 1954, S.I. No. 233 of 1954 Defence (Civil Authority with respect to Courts-Martial) Regulations 1954, S.I. No. 250 of 1954 Rules for Military Prisons and Detention Barracks 1954, S.I. No. 291 of 1954 Defence Forces (Summoning of Civilian Witnesses) Regulations 1954, S.I. No. 297 of 1954 ⁶ Defence Act, 1954 (Control of Roads at Gormanstown Aerodrome) Bye-Laws, S.I. No. 37 of 1959 Rules for Military Prisons and Detention Barracks, S.I. No. 203 of 1983 Court-Martial Rules 2008, S.I. No. 205 of 2008 Court-Martial Rules 2009, S.I. No. 273 of 2009 Court-Martial Rules 2011, S.I. No. 580 of 2011 Rules of Procedure (Defence Forces) 2019, S.I. No. 555 of 2019 Rules of Procedure (Defence Forces) (Amendment) Rules 2023, S.I. No. 491 of 2023 Court-Martial Rules 2023, S.I. No. 492 of 2023	18/1954
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 none	44/1960
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 1979 Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1979 (Commencement) Order, 1980, S.I. No. 19 of 1980	1/1979
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1979 Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1979 (Commencement) Order 1980, S.I. No. 19 of 1980	28/1979
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 1987 none	8/1987
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 1990 Defence (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Commencement) Order 1991, S.I. No. 119 of 1991	6/1990
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 1998 Defence (Amendment) Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998, S.I. No. 366 of 1998	31/1998
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 none	20/2006
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 2007 Defence (Amendment) Act 2007 (Section 71) (Commencement) Order 2007, S.I. No. 204 of 2007 Defence (Amendment) Act 2007 (Section 70) (Commencement) Order 2007, S.I. No. 660 of 2007 Defence (Amendment) Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008, S.I. No. 254 of 2008	24/2007
Defence	► Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 none	35/2009
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 2011 Defence (Amendment) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011, S.I. No. 568 of 2011	17/2011
Defence	► Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Act 2013 none	12/2013
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 2015 none	24/2015
Defence	► Defence (Amendment) Act 2021 Defence (Amendment) Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022, S.I. No. 179 of 2022	33/2021
Defence	► Defence Forces (Evidence) Act 2022 none	16/2022
¹ This Proclamation does not appear to have enabling legislation, appears to be obsolete and should be revoked. ² Comms (in part): see S.I. No. 82 of 2012. Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. ³ The enabling Act for this Proclamation is Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act 1923 (30/1923), repealed by Defence Act 1954 (18/1954), s. 9 and sch. 1. It appears to have been continued in force by s. 298 (Continuance of existing orders, etc.) or s. 299 (Continuance of existing authorisations and directions) of the 1954 Act. ⁴ The enabling provision, Defence Forces Act 1937 (41/1937), s. 3(1), was repealed by Defence Act 1954, s. 9 and sch. 1, but this SI appears to have been continued in force by s. 299 of that Act, on the basis it was capable of being made under s. 17 of that Act. ⁵ Ibid. ⁶ This SI appears to be superseded by Court-Martial Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 205 of 2008), rule 74 which also deals with summoning witnesses, and if so should be revoked.

► 11.2. Defence Forces Ombudsman

Defence ⁷	► Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004 Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2005, S.I. No. 568 of 2005 Defence Forces Ombudsman (Procedures for Access to Military Installations) Regulations 2005, S.I. No. 781 of 2005	36/2004
⁷ Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011.

► 11.3. Courts-Martial Appeals

Defence	► Courts-Martial Appeals Act 1983 Courts-Martial Appeals Act, 1983 (Application of Part II) Order 1983, S.I. No. 201 of 1983 Courts-Martial Appeal Court Rules, S.I. No. 206 of 1983 ⁸ Courts-Martial Appeals Act, 1983 (Commencement of Part III) Order 1986, S.I. No. 426 of 1986 Courts-Martial (Legal Aid) Regulations 2008, S.I. No. 206 of 2008 Courts-Martial (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, S.I. No. 327 of 2010 Courts-Martial (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, S.I. No. 579 of 2011	19/1983
⁸ Responsibility of Department of Justice and Equality.

► 11.4. Defence Forces Pensions

Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1923 Army Pensions (Medical Examination and Re-examination) Regulations [Vol. IV p. 503], S.R.& O. No. 65 of 1928 Army Pensions (Medical Examination and Re-examination) Regulations [Vol. IV p. 507], S.R.& O. No. 187 of 1933	26/1923
Defence	► Military Service Pensions Act 1924 ⁹ Military Service Pensions Regulations (No. 1) 1927 [Vol. XVI p. 445], S.R.& O. No. 13 of 1927 Military Service Pensions Regulations (No. 1) 1927 (Amendment) Regulations 1950, S.I. No. 119 of 1950 Military Service Pensions Regulations (No. 1) 1927 (Amendment) Regulations 1951, S.I. No. 286 of 1951 Military Service Pensions Regulations (No. 1), 1927 (Amendment) Regulations 1954, S.I. No. 120 of 1954 ¹⁰	48/1924
Defence	► Military Service Pensions Act 1925 none	15/1925
Defence ¹¹	► Army Pensions Act 1927 Army Pensions (Forms of Application) Regulations 1927 [Vol. IV p. 513], S.R.& O. No. 74 of 1927 Army Pensions (Expenses and Allowances) Regulations (1927) [Vol. IV p. 549], S.R.& O. No. 3 of 1928 Army Pensions (Investigation of Applications) Regulations 1928 [Vol. IV p. 555], S.R.& O. No. 6 of 1928 Army Pensions Board (Functions and Procedure) Rules 1928 [Vol. IV p. 565], S.R.& O. No. 64 of 1928 Army Pensions Board (Functions and Procedure) Rules 1933 [Vol. IV p. 571], S.R.& O. No. 185 of 1933	12/1927
Defence	► Military Service Pensions Act 1930 none	8/1930
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1932 Army Pensions (Forms of Application) Regulations 1933 [Vol. IV p. 583], S.R.& O. No. 181 of 1933 Military Service Registration Board (Procedure) Rules 1937 [Vol. IV p. 691], S.R.& O. No. 277 of 1937 Army Pensions (Form of Service Certificate) Regulations 1937 [Vol. IV p. 707], S.R.& O. No. 278 of 1937 Army Pensions Board (Investigation of Applications under Part II of the Army Pensions Act, 1932) Regulations 1937 [Vol. IV p. 725], S.R.& O. No. 279 of 1937 Army Pensions (Expenses and Allowances) Regulations 1954, S.I. No. 110 of 1954 Military Service Registration Board (Procedure) Rules, 1937 (Amendment) Rules 1954, S.I. No. 111 of 1954	24/1932
Defence ¹²	► Defence Forces (Pensions) Act 1932 Defence Forces (Pensions) Scheme 1937 [Vol. IX p. 1071], S.R.& O. No. 249 of 1937 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1940 [Vol. XXVIII p. 909], S.R.& O. No. 299 of 1940 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1947 [Vol. XXXVI p. 29], S.R.& O. No. 81 of 1947 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1949, S.I. No. 209 of 1949 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1949, S.I. No. 291 of 1949 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1953, S.I. No. 259 of 1953 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1956, S.I. No. 35 of 1956 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1957, S.I. No. 152 of 1957 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1957, S.I. No. 194 of 1957 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1959, S.I. No. 66 of 1959 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1960, S.I. No. 135 of 1960 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1962, S.I. No. 42 of 1962 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1962, S.I. No. 126 of 1962 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1962, S.I. No. 204 of 1962 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1964, S.I. No. 247 of 1964 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1965, S.I. No. 154 of 1965 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1968, S.I. No. 105 of 1968 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1969, S.I. No. 34 of 1969 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1969, S.I. No. 63 of 1969 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1969, S.I. No. 144 of 1969 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme 1969, S.I. No. 215 of 1969 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme 1969, S.I. No. 247 of 1969 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1970, S.I. No. 143 of 1970 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1970, S.I. No. 298 of 1970 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1971, S.I. No. 50 of 1971 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No.2) Scheme, S.I. No. 52 of 1971 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1972, S.I. No. 100 of 1972 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1972, S.I. No. 216 of 1972 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1972, S.I. No. 306 of 1972 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1973, S.I. No. 57 of 1973 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1973, S.I. No. 205 of 1973 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1973, S.I. No. 295 of 1973 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1974, S.I. No. 131 of 1974 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1974, S.I. No. 223 of 1974 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1974, S.I. No. 231 of 1974 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme 1974, S.I. No. 236 of 1974 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme 1974, S.I. No. 314 of 1974 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1975, S.I. No. 145 of 1975 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1975, S.I. No. 171 of 1975 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1075, S.I. No. 172 of 1975 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme 1975, S.I. No. 309 of 1975 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1977, S.I. No. 218 of 1977 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1977, S.I. No. 283 of 1977 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1978, S.I. No. 246 of 1978 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1978, S.I. No. 274 of 1978 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1978, S.I. No. 379 of 1978 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1979, S.I. No. 208 of 1979 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1979, S.I. No. 245 of 1979 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1979, S.I. No. 343 of 1979 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme 1979, S.I. No. 398 of 1979 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme 1979, S.I. No. 399 of 1979 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1980, S.I. No. 266 of 1980 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1980, S.I. No. 366 of 1980 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1981, S.I. No. 362 of 1981 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1982, S.I. No. 137 of 1982 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1982, S.I. No. 229 of 1982 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1982, S.I. No. 247 of 1982 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme 1982, S.I. No. 337 of 1982 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1983, S.I. No. 124 of 1983 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1983, S.I. No. 190 of 1983 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1983, S.I. No. 214 of 1983 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1984, S.I. No. 55 of 1984 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1984, S.I. No. 56 of 1984 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1984, S.I. No. 113 of 1984 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme 1984, S.I. No. 114 of 1984 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme 1984, S.I. No. 172 of 1984 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 6) Scheme 1984, S.I. No. 173 of 1984 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 7) Scheme 1984, S.I. No. 235 of 1984 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 8) Scheme 1984, S.I. No. 259 of 1984 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1985, S.I. No. 48 of 1985 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1985, S.I. No. 221 of 1985 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1985, S.I. No. 270 of 1985 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme 1985, S.I. No. 300 of 1985 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme 1985, S.I. No. 307 of 1985 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 6) Scheme 1985, S.I. No. 360 of 1985 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 7) Scheme 1985, S.I. No. 409 of 1985 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1986, S.I. No. 60 of 1986 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1987, S.I. No. 288 of 1987 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1988, S.I. No. 142 of 1988 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1988, S.I. No. 376 of 1988 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1989, S.I. No. 163 of 1989 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1991, S.I. No. 166 of 1991 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1991, S.I. No. 167 of 1991 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme 1991, S.I. No. 168 of 1991 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme 1991, S.I. No. 169 of 1991 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme 1991, S.I. No. 344 of 1991 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1993, S.I. No. 374 of 1993 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1993, S.I. No. 420 of 1993 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1994, S.I. No. 217 of 1994 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme 1987, S.I. No. 149 of 1987 Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 1987, S.I. No. 186 of 1987	26/1932
Defence ¹³	► Military Service Pensions Act 1934 Military Service Pensions Act, 1934, Regulations 1941, S.R.& O. No. 46 of 1941 ¹⁴ Military Service Pensions Act, No. 1934 (No. 2) Regulations 1950, S.I. No. 255 of 1950 Referee (Military Service Pensions) Rules 1950, S.I. No. 269 of 1950 Military Service Pensions Act 1934 Regulations 1954, S.I. No. 119 of 1954 ¹⁵	43/1934
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1937 none	15/1937
Defence	► Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act 1938 none	33/1938
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1941 none	2/1941
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1943 none	14/1943
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act 1944 none	5/1944
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act 1945 none	11/1945
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1945 none	34/1945
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1946 none	3/1946
Defence	► Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act 1949 none	7/1949
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1949 none	19/1949
Defence	► Army Pensions (Increase) Act 1949 none	28/1949
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act 1949 Board of Assessors (Military Service Pensions) Rules 1950, S.I. No. 270 of 1950	29/1949
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act 1953 none	5/1953
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1953 Army Pensions (Form of Service Certificate) Regulations, S.I. No. 112 of 1954	23/1953
Defence	► Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act 1957 none	12/1957
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1957 none	19/1957
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1959 none	15/1959
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1960 none	2/1960
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act 1960 none	3/1960
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Increase) Act 1960 none	30/1960
Defence	► Army Pensions (No. 2) Act 1960 none	39/1960
Defence	► Army Pensions (Increase) Act 1961 none	6/1961
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1962 none	22/1962
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Increase) Act 1962 none	33/1962
Defence	► Army Pensions (Increase) Act 1962 none	34/1962
Defence	► Military Service Pensions (Increase) Act 1964 none	25/1964
Defence	► Army Pensions (Increase) Act 1964 none	27/1964
Defence ¹⁶	► Army Pensions Act 1968 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1969, S.I. No. 191 of 1969 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 2) Regulations 1969, S.I. No. 236 of 1969 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1971, S.I. No. 51 of 1971 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1972, S.I. No. 101 of 1972 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1973, S.I. No. 141 of 1973 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1974, S.I. No. 222 of 1974 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1975, S.I. No. 8 of 1975 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1976, S.I. No. 119 of 1976 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1977, S.I. No. 369 of 1977 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1978, S.I. No. 143 of 1978 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 2) Regulations 1978, S.I. No. 378 of 1978 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1980, S.I. No. 310 of 1980 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1982, S.I. No. 136 of 1982 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 2) Regulations 1982, S.I. No. 226 of 1982 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1984, S.I. No. 59 of 1984 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 2) Regulations 1984, S.I. No. 98 of 1984 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 3) Regulations 1984, S.I. No. 157 of 1984 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 4) Regulations 1984, S.I. No. 236 of 1984 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 5) Regulations 1984, S.I. No. 357 of 1984 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1985, S.I. No. 292 of 1985 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 2) Regulations 1985, S.I. No. 417 of 1985 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1987, S.I. No. 192 of 1987	12/1968
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1971 none	26/1971
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1973 none	27/1973
Defence	► Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act 1975 none	2/1975
Defence	► Army Pensions Act 1980 Army Pensions Regulations 1981, S.I. No. 50 of 1981 Army Pensions Regulations 1985, S.I. No. 359 of 1985 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1993, S.I. No. 375 of 1993 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 2) Regulations 1993, S.I. No. 421 of 1993 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1994, S.I. No. 65 of 1994 Army Pensions (Increase) (No. 2) Regulations 1994, S.I. No. 249 of 1994 Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations 1995, S.I. No. 156 of 1995	21/1980
⁹ This Act will be spent when there are no survivors entitled to pensions under it. ¹⁰ This SI is considered obsolete by the Department of Defence. ¹¹ Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. ¹² Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. ¹³ Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. ¹⁴ This SI is considered obsolete by the Department of Defence. ¹⁵ Ibid. ¹⁶ Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011.

► 11.5. ECA Section 3 Statutory Instruments

Foreign	► European Communities Act 1972 none	27/1972

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11. Defence Forces

► 11.1. Defence Forces: General

► 11.2. Defence Forces Ombudsman

► 11.3. Courts-Martial Appeals

► 11.4. Defence Forces Pensions

► 11.5. ECA Section 3 Statutory Instruments