Miscellaneous amendments of Armed Forces Act 2006

22Civilians subject to service discipline

1

Schedule 15 to AFA 2006 (civilians subject to service discipline) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 4(1), for paragraph (c) substitute—

c

either—

i

he is in a designated area, and his normal place of work in that role is in that designated area; or

ii

sub-paragraph (i) does not apply, but he is in a designated area and he came there wholly or partly for the purposes of his work in that role.

3

In paragraph 5(1), for paragraph (c) substitute—

c

either—

i

he is in a country outside the British Islands, and his normal place of work under that employment is in that country; or

ii

sub-paragraph (i) does not apply, but he is in a country outside the British Islands and he came there wholly or partly for the purposes of his work under that employment.

4

In paragraph 6(1), for paragraph (b) substitute—

b

either—

i

he is in a designated area, and his normal place of work for that organisation is in that designated area; or

ii

sub-paragraph (i) does not apply, but he is in a designated area and he came there wholly or partly for the purposes of work for that organisation.

5

In paragraph 10—

a

in sub-paragraph (1)—

i

in paragraph (a), for “a relevant person outside the British Islands” substitute “a qualifying person in a relevant country”;

ii

in paragraph (b), for “outside the British Islands” substitute “in that country”;

b

in sub-paragraph (2)—

i

for ““relevant person”” substitute ““qualifying person””;

ii

in paragraph (b), for “being in the British Islands” substitute “not being in a relevant country”;

c

after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

3

For the purposes of this paragraph, a country is “relevant” in relation to a person employed as mentioned in paragraph 5 if it is outside the British Islands and—

a

is where that person’s normal place of work under that employment is situated; or

b

is a country to which that person came wholly or partly for the purposes of his work under that employment.

6

After paragraph 13 insert—

14

For the purposes of paragraphs 5(1)(c), 10 and 11, a territory that is not within a country is to be treated as a country.