Armed Forces Act 1991

Part IV E+W+S+N.I. Supplementary

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Commencement Information

I1 Pt. IV: partly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 27(2) and (3) and S.I. 1991/2719, art. 2

24 Application of Services Acts, including provisions of this Act, to Channel Islands and Isle of Man. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In section 216 of the M1 Army Act 1955 and section 214 of the M2 Air Force Act 1955 (application of those Acts to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(1) This Act extends to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man subject to the following provisions of this section and to such modifications as Her Majesty may by Order in Council specify; and, where any such modification refers to any law for the time being in force in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, the modification may be expressed to have effect for all purposes of this Act (and not only in the application of this Act to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, as the case may be).”

(2) In section 125 of the 1957 Act (application of that Act to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(1) This Act extends to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man subject to subsection (2) below and to such modifications as Her Majesty may by Order in Council specify; and, where any such modification refers to any law for the time being in force in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, the modification may be expressed to have effect for all purposes of this Act (and not only in the application of this Act to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, as the case may be).”

(3) Section 216(4) of the Army Act 1955, section 214(4) of the Air Force Act 1955 and section 125(3) of the 1957 Act (which contain specific modifications in relation to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) shall cease to have effect.

(4) Section 216 of the Army Act 1955 and section 214 of the Air Force Act 1955 shall each apply in relation to the provisions of section 10 and Part III of this Act as if those provisions were comprised in the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955, as the case may require.

(5) Section 125 of the 1957 Act shall apply in relation to the provisions of—

(a) the M3 Naval Forces (Enforcement of Maintenance Liabilities) Act 1947, and

(b) section 10 and Part III of this Act,

as if those provisions were comprised in the 1957 Act.

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Commencement Information

I2 S. 24 wholly in force; s. 24(3) in force at 1.6.1996, see S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2; s. 24(1)(2)(4)(5) in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 27(2), S.I. 1991/2719, art. 2 and S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1955 c. 18.

M2 1955 c. 19.

M3 1947 c. 24.

25 The 1955 Acts and the 1957 Act. E+W+S+N.I.

In this Act—

• “the 1955 Acts ” means the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955; and

• “the 1957 Act ” means the M4 Naval Discipline Act 1957.

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Marginal Citations

M4 1957 c. 53.

26 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Schedule 2 to this Act, which contains minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act, shall have effect.

(2) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act, which include some that are spent, are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

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Commencement Information

I3 S. 26 wholly in force; s. 26(1) wholly in force and s. 26(2) partly in force at 01.01.1992 see. s. 27(2) and S.I. 1991/2719, art. 2 and Sch.; s. 26(2) wholly in force at 1.6.1996 see S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2

27 Short title and commencement. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 1991.

(2) Subject to subsection (4) below, Parts II and III of this Act, sections 24 and 26 above and Schedules 2 and 3 to this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.

(3) An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force by the order.

(4) The repeal by this Act of section 1 of the M5 Armed Forces Act 1986 shall come into force on 1st January 1992.

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Subordinate Legislation Made

P1 S. 27(2)(3) power partly exercised (3.12.1991): 1.1.1992 appointed day for specified provisions by S.I. 1991/2719, art.2

S. 27(2)(3) power partly exercised (24.4.1996): 1.6.1996 appointed day for specified provisions by S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M5 1986 c. 21.