The Defence Reform Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 791 (C. 45)

Defence

The Defence Reform Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015

Made

19th March 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(1) and (2) of the Defence Reform Act 2014(1), makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Defence Reform Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015.

2.  In this Order “the Act” means the Defence Reform Act 2014.

Commencement

3.  Paragraphs 19(b), 20(b) and 21(b) of Schedule 4 come into force on 31st March 2015.

Philip Dunne

Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology

Ministry of Defence

19th March 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the remaining provisions of Part 2 of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20). These provisions remove previous restrictions relating to the Review Board for Government Contracts, which has now been wound-up. Paragraphs 2(5) and 6(4) of Schedule 5 to the Act have been superseded and will not be commenced.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (c.20) have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order (2):

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 13	14th July 2014	S.I. 2014/1751
Sections 14 to 18	5th December 2014	S.I. 2014/3162
Sections 19(1) and (4)	14th July 2014	S.I. 2014/1751
Sections 19(2), (3), (5) and (6)	5th December 2014	S.I. 2014/3162
Sections 20 to 36	5th December 2014	S.I. 2014/3162
Section 37	14th July 2014	S.I. 2014/1751
Sections 38 and 39	5th December 2014	S.I. 2014/3162
Sections 40 to 42	14th July 2014	S.I. 2014/1751
Section 43	5th December 2014	S.I. 2014/3162
Sections 44 and 45	1st October 2014	S.I. 2014/2370
Section 46	5th September 2014	S.I. 2014/2370
Sections 47 and 48	1st October 2014	S.I. 2014/2370
Schedule 4 (partially)	14th July 2014	S.I. 2014/1751
Schedule 4 (partially)	5th December 2014	S.I. 2014/3162
Schedule 5 (partially)	14th July 2014	S.I. 2014/1751
Schedule 5 (partially)	5th December 2014	S.I. 2014/3162
Schedule 6	1st October 2014	S.I. 2014/2370
Schedule 7	5th September 2014	S.I. 2014/2370

(1)

2014 c. 20

(2)

This table does not include references to statutory instruments which partially commenced provisions where those provisions have now been commenced in full.