Defence Act 1990

Miscellaneous provisions

91A: Territorial Forces Employer Support Council

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"A group that helps and advises on territorial forces"

The Minister must appoint a council called the Territorial Forces Employer Support Council. You can think of this council as a group that helps with the territorial forces. The council's jobs include promoting service in the territorial forces and advising the Minister on certain matters. The council also has other functions that the Minister decides from time to time. The council is a statutory Board, which means it follows the rules of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951. The council members can be paid fees, salaries, or allowances, and travelling expenses from public money, following the rules of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951. The council can also make its own rules about how it works, as long as it follows the rules of this Act and any regulations made under it.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

91ATerritorial Forces Employer Support Council

The Minister must appoint a council to be called the Territorial Forces Employer Support Council.
The Council has—
the role of promoting service in the territorial forces; and
the duty of advising the Minister on such matters in relation to the territorial forces as are referred to the Council by the Minister; and
such other functions as are from time to time determined by the Minister.

The Council is a statutory Board for the purposes of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.
There may be paid out of public money to the members of the Council remuneration by way of fees, salaries, or allowances and travelling allowances and travelling expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951, and the provisions of that Act apply accordingly.
Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any regulations made under this Act, the Council may regulate its own procedure.

Notes

Section 91A: inserted, on 1 April 2004, by section 7 of the Defence Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 13).