PART IIIMiscellaneous

Miscellaneous

21Clarification of the meaning in the Naval Discipline Act 1957 of " marine forces " and " naval reserve forces "

In section 132 of the [1957 c. 53.] Naval Discipline Act 1957 (which defines certain expressions for the purposes of that Act), for subsections (7) and (8) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

(7)In this Act " the marine forces " means the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Reserve and the Royal Fleet Reserve so far as it consists of warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and marines who have served in the Royal Marines.

(8)In this Act" naval reserve forces " means—

(a)the Royal Naval Reserve including officers of reserve to the Royal Navy and including the Royal Fleet Reserve except so far as it consists of warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and marines who have served in the Royal Marines, and

(b)any reserve of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service or the Women's Royal Naval Service..