Defence Reform Act 2014

1. Introduction

2. Summary and Background

3. Territorial Extent and Application

4. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1: Defence Procurement

      1. Section 1: Arrangements for providing defence procurement services

      2. Section 2: Financial assistance

      3. Section 3: Financial claims against contractors or former contractors

      4. Section 4 and Schedule 1: Exemptions relating to premises used by a contractor

      5. Section 5: Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence Police

      6. Section 6: Status of contractor

      7. Section 7 and Schedule 2: Restrictions on disclosure or use of information

      8. Section 8: Intellectual property rights

      9. Section 9: Transfer of employees: application of TUPE regulations

      10. Section 10 and Schedule 3: Transfer schemes

      11. Section 11: Financial provisions

   2. Part 2: Single Source Contracts

      1. Section 13 and Schedule 4: Single Source Regulations Office (“SSRO”)

      2. Section 14: Regulations relating to qualifying defence contracts

      3. Section 15: Pricing of contracts

      4. Section 16: Pricing of contracts: supplementary

      5. Sections 17 and 18: Contract profit rate

      6. Section 19: Rates etc relevant to determining contract profit rate

      7. Section 20: Allowable costs

      8. Section 21: Final price adjustment

      9. Section 22: Recovery of unpaid amounts

      10. Section 23: Records

      11. Section 24: Reports on qualifying defence contracts

      12. Section 25: Reports on overheads and forward planning etc

      13. Section 26: Duty to report relevant events, circumstances and information

      14. Section 27: Records and reports: restrictions

      15. Sections 28 to 30: Sub-contracts

          1. Introduction

      16. Section 28: Qualifying sub-contracts

      17. Section 29: Determining whether a contract is a qualifying sub-contract

      18. Section 30: Application of Part to qualifying sub-contracts

      19. Sections 31 to 34: Compliance

      20. Section 33: Amount of penalty

      21. Section 34: Enforcement

      22. Section 35: Opinions and determinations

      23. Section 36: Recording, review and analysis functions

      24. Section 37: Provision of other services to Secretary of State

      25. Section 38 and Schedule 5: Disclosure of information

      26. Section 39: Review of Part and regulations under it

      27. Section 40: Power to repeal Part

      28. Section 41: Single source contract regulations: time limits and determinations

      29. Section 42: Single source contract regulations: general

      30. Section 43: Interpretation etc

   3. Part 3: Reserve Forces

      1. Section 44: Renaming of Army Reserve and Territorial Army

      2. Section 45: Call out of members of reserve forces

      3. Schedule 6: Call out of members of reserve forces: transitional classes

      4. Section 46: Payments to employers etc of members of reserve forces

      5. Schedule 7: Payments to employers etc of members of reserve forces: supplementary

      6. Section 47: Report on volunteer reserve forces

      7. Section 48: Unfair dismissal of reserve forces: no qualifying period of employment

5. Commencement Dates

6. Hansard References