Explanatory Notes

Armed Forces Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 52

8 November 2006

Third Group of Parts – General

Part 19 – Supplementary

Chapter 4 – Final Provisions
Section 385: Extent of applied enactments

773.Subsection (1) ensures that, where another enactment is applied by the Act or by subordinate legislation made under it, for this purpose the applied enactment extends to (i.e. forms part of the law of) every part of the UK, even if the original enactment extends only to part of the UK.

774.Subsection (2) similarly applies the rules in section 384 (which deals with the extent of the Act outside the UK) to any enactment applied by or under the Act.