Armed Forces Act 2011

The Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Armed Forces Act 2011

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to continue the Armed Forces Act 2006 (AFA 2006); to amend that Act and other enactments relating to the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence Police; to amend the Visiting Forces Act 1952; to enable judge advocates to sit in civilian courts; to repeal the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2011 c. 18
Introduced by	Liam Fox MP (Commons) Lord Astor of Hever (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent	3 Nov 2011
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915
Relates to	Armed Forces Act 2006
Status: Current legislation

It part of a series of acts to provide a legislative framework for the UK Armed Forces. Apart from giving the armed forces the legal authority to exist for another five years (under the terms of the Declaration of Right),^[1] its major elements are establishing a requirement for the Secretary of State for Defence to make an annual report to Parliament on the implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant, some revisions to the Armed Forces Act 2006, and provisions covering the three service police forces and the Ministry of Defence Police.

Ping-pong

Stage	Date	Hansard Reference	Notes
Programme (No. 3) motion: House of Commons, and Commons Consideration of Lords' Amendments	19 Oct 2011	Columns 1008-1021[2]
Lord's Consideration of Commons Reason	26 Oct 2011	Columns 856-863[3]

Royal assent

The bill was given royal assent (and thus became an Act) on 3 November 2011.^[4]

Further reading

• House of Commons Hansard, http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/
• Murrison, Andrew (2011) 'Tommy This 'an Tommy That: The Military Covenant' Biteback. ISBN 978-1849541060
• Taylor, Claire; House of Commons Research Paper 10/85 'Armed Forces Bill', Bill 122 of 2010–11. Dated 17 December 2010.