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Armed Forces Act 1966

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28Construction of references to Her Majesty's forces and amendment of definitions of " desertion " and " enemy ".

(1)Any reference in the Army Act 1955 to Her Majesty's forces shall, except in sections 37(2)(b) (desertion to include joining Her Majesty's forces without release from previous engagement) and 177 (power of Her Majesty to vest command in members of Her Majesty's forces), be construed in accordance with the definition in section 225(1) of that Act of Her Majesty's air forces, military forces, and naval forces, that is to say, except where otherwise provided, as not including a reference to a Commonwealth force as defined in that section.

(2)In the Army Act 1955, the expression "enemy" shall be extended to include, as well as persons engaged in armed operations against any of Her Majesty's forces, as provided by the said section 225(1), persons so engaged against any forces co-operating with Her Majesty's forces.

(3)Any reference in the foregoing provisions of this section to the Army Act 1955 shall include a reference to the Air Force Act 1955, but those provisions shall, in their application to the last mentioned Act, have effect with the substitution, for the references to section 225(1), of references to section 223(1), and, for the reference to a soldier, of a reference to an airman.

(4)Accordingly, in section 225(1) of the Army Act 1955 and section 223(1) of the Air Force Act 1955, in the definition of "enemy ", after the words " any of Her Majesty's forces " there shall be inserted the words " or any forces co-operating therewith " , and at the end of the paragraph beginning with the words " Her Majesty's air forces " there shall be added the words " and references to ' Her Majesty's forces', except in sections 37 and 177, shall be construed accordingly ".

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