DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 24/2015
• Year: 2015

Number 24 of 2015
DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015
CONTENTS
Section
1. Definitions
2. Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act
3. Amendment of Second Schedule to Principal Act
4. Short title and collective citation
Acts Referred to
Defence (Amendment) Act 1979 (No. 1)
Defence Act 1954 (No. 18)
Defence Acts 1954 to 2011
Number 24 of 2015
DEFENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015
An Act to amend and extend the Defence Act 1954 and to provide for related matters.
[22 nd July, 2015]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
		Definitions
1. In this Act—
	“Act of 1979” means the Defence (Amendment) Act 1979;
	“Principal Act” means the Defence Act 1954 .
		Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act
2. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for subsection (3) (inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1979):
	“(3) For the purposes of this Act—
	(a) the commissioned army rank set out in column (2) of the Second Schedule to this Act at any reference number (being reference number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9) shall be deemed to correspond to the commissioned naval rank set out in column (3) of the said Second Schedule at that reference number;
	(b) the commissioned army rank set out in column (2) of the said Second Schedule at reference number 10 shall be deemed to correspond to each of the commissioned naval ranks set out in column (3) of the said Second Schedule at reference number 10;
	(c) the commissioned naval rank set out in column (3) of the said Second Schedule at any reference number (being reference number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9) shall be deemed to correspond to the commissioned army rank set out in column (2) of the said Second Schedule at that reference number;
	(d) each of the commissioned naval ranks set out in column (3) of the said Second Schedule at reference number 10 shall be deemed to correspond to the commissioned army rank set out in column (2) of the said Second Schedule at reference number 10.”.
		Amendment of Second Schedule to Principal Act
3. The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for the Second Schedule (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1979):
	“SECOND SCHEDULE
	Commissioned Army and Naval Ranks in the Defence Forces
Reference Number (1) Army Ranks (2) Naval Ranks (3) 1. Ginearál or (in English) General. 2. Lefteanant-Ghinearál or (in English) Lieutenant-General. Leas-Aimiréal or (in English) Vice- Admiral. 3. Maor-Ghinearál or (in English) Major-General. Seach-Aimiréal or (in English) Rear-Admiral. 4. Briogáidire-Ghinearál or (in English) Brigadier-General. Ceannasóir or (in English) Commodore. 5. Cornal or (in English) Colonel. Captaen or (in English) Captain. 6. Lefteanant-Chornal or (in English)...