23/01/1998
1 Conscription
conscription does not exist
Conscription has been abolished in 1972. The 1951 National Service Act was rendered ineffective in 1973 by the National Service Termination Act and repealed alltogether in 1992. Conscription is not enshrined in the constitution, there is no legislation providing for conscription in peacetime and there are no provisions for registration of conscripts in peace time. [1]
The 1903 Defence Act, as amended in 1992, does provide for the introduction of conscription in war time.