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Armed Forces Act 1971

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The Naval Discipline Act 1957

5(1)Section 45(2)(b) of the [1957 c. 53.] Naval Discipline Act 1957 shall be amended by inserting the words " warrant officer " immediately before the words " chief petty officer ".

(2)Section 112 of the said Act shall be amended by inserting the words " warrant officer " immediately before the words " non-commissioned officer ".

(3)Section 132 of the said Act shall be amended by inserting, in subsections (7) and (8), the words " warrant officers " immediately before the words " non-commissioned officers ".

(4)The following subsection shall be substituted for section 133(2) of the said Act:—

“(2)In this Act ' rating' means a member of Her Majesty's naval forces of or below the rate of warrant officer; and any reference in this Act to a rating, or to a rating of any particular rate, shall include a reference to any warrant officer who is subject to this Act without being a member of those forces, and to any non-commissioned officer, marine, soldier or airman who is so subject, or, as the case may be, to any such warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of rank corresponding to that rate”.

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