Part V General Provisions
Powers of command
177 Powers of command.
1
It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that Her Majesty may make regulations as to the persons, being members of Her Majesty’s forces, in whom command over Her Majesty’s air forces, or any part or member thereof, is to be vested and as to the circumstances in which such command as aforesaid is to be exercised.
2
In relation to members of Her Majesty’s air forces when in aircraft, the last foregoing subsection shall have effect as if references to members of Her Majesty’s forces included references to any person in command of an aircraft.
3
Nothing in this section shall affect any power vested in Her Majesty apart from this section.
178 Powers of command of members of co-operating naval or military forces.
In so far as powers of command depend on rank, a member of any of Her Majesty’s naval or military forces who—
a
is acting with, or
b
is a member of a body of any of those forces which is acting with,
any body of the regular air force shall have the like such powers as a member of the regular air force of corresponding rank; and for the purposes of sections thirty-three and seventy-four of this Act any such member of the said naval or military forces shall be treated as if he were a member of the regular air force of corresponding rank.