3 Short title, commencement and extent
(1) This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018.
(2) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(3) Sections 1 and 2 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations.
(4) Regulations under this section—
(a) are to be made by statutory instrument, and
(b) may make different provision for different purposes.
(5) Section 1 and this section extend to—
(a) England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland,
(b) the Isle of Man, and
(c) the British overseas territories, except Gibraltar.
(6) The power under section 384(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 may be exercised so as to modify sections 329 and 373 of that Act, as amended by section 1 of this Act, as it extends to the Isle of Man or a British overseas territory other than Gibraltar.
(7) The power under section 384(1) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 may be exercised so as to extend the amendments made by section 1 of this Act to any of the Channel Islands (with or without modifications).
(8) In section 2—
(a) subsections (1) to (4) extend to England and Wales only, and
(b) subsection (5) extends to Scotland only.