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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Ministry of Defence, are published
separately as Bill 84-EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Secretary Philip Hammond has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a)
of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Defence Reform Bill are compatible with the
Convention rights.

Contents

  1. Part 1

    Defence procurement

    1. Defence procurement arrangements

      1. 1. Arrangements for providing defence procurement services

      2. 2. Financial assistance

      3. 3. Financial claims against contractors or former contractors

      4. 4. Exemptions relating to premises used by a contractor

      5. 5. Jurisdiction of Ministry of Defence Police

      6. 6. Status of contractor

      7. 7. Restrictions on disclosure or use of information

      8. 8. Intellectual property rights

    2. Transfers

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

      2. 10. Transfer schemes

    3. General

      1. 11. Financial provisions

      2. 12. Interpretation of this Part

  2. Part 2

    Single source contracts

    1. Single Source Regulations Office

      1. 13. Single Source Regulations Office (or “SSRO”)

    2. Qualifying defence contracts

      1. 14. Regulations relating to qualifying defence contracts

    3. Pricing of contracts

      1. 15. Pricing of contracts

      2. 16. Pricing of contracts: supplementary

      3. 17. Contract profit rate

      4. 18. Contract profit rate: supplementary

      5. 19. Rates etc relevant to determining contract profit rate

      6. 20. Allowable costs

      7. 21. Final price adjustment

    4. Transparency

      1. 22. Records

      2. 23. Reports on qualifying defence contracts

      3. 24. Reports on overheads and forward planning etc

      4. 25. Records and reports: restrictions

      5. 26. Duty to report relevant events, circumstances and information

    5. Sub-contracts

      1. 27. Qualifying sub-contracts

      2. 28. Determining whether a contract is a qualifying sub-contract

      3. 29. Application of Part to qualifying sub-contracts

    6. Compliance

      1. 30. Compliance notice

      2. 31. Penalty notice

      3. 32. Amount of penalty

      4. 33. Enforcement

    7. SSRO: other functions

      1. 34. Opinions and determinations

      2. 35. Recording, review and analysis functions

      3. 36. Provision of other services to Secretary of State

    8. Disclosure of information

      1. 37. Disclosure of information

    9. Review

      1. 38. Review of Part and regulations under it

      2. 39. Power to repeal Part

    10. General

      1. 40. Single source contract regulations: general

      2. 41. Interpretation etc

  3. Part 3

    Reserve forces

    1. 42. Renaming of Army Reserve and Territorial Army

    2. 43. Call out of members of reserve forces

    3. 44. Payments to employers etc of members of reserve forces

    4. 45. Unfair dismissal of reserve forces: no qualifying period of employment

  4. Part 4

    Final provisions

    1. 46. Extent

    2. 47. Commencement

    3. 48. Short title

    1. Schedule 1

      Exemptions relating to premises used by a contractor

    2. Schedule 2

      Restrictions on disclosure or use of information

    3. Schedule 3

      Transfer schemes under section 10

    4. Schedule 4

      Single Source Regulations Office

    5. Schedule 5

      Restrictions on disclosing information

    6. Schedule 6

      Call out of members of reserve forces: transitional classes

    7. Schedule 7

      Payments to employers etc of members of reserve forces:
      supplementary

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