8.—(1) Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the 2008 Act has effect subject to the following modifications in relation to a person serving as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.
(2) Section 2 (duty to participate in education or training) of that Act has effect as if—
(a)in subsection (1)(c)(ii) for “in each relevant period (see sections 6 to 8)” there were substituted “(see sections 6 to 8)”; and
(b)in subsection (2)(a) “during the current relevant period” were omitted.
(3) Section 6 (relevant training or education) of that Act has effect as if—
(a)for subsection (1) there were substituted—
“(1) In this Part, “relevant training or education” means training given to recruits into the armed forces.”; and
(b)subsection (2) were omitted.
(4) Section 7 (relevant period) of that Act has no effect.
(5) Section 8 (sufficient relevant training or education) of that Act has effect as if—
(a)for subsection (1) there were substituted—
“(1) For the purposes of this Part, relevant training or education is “sufficient” in relation to a person serving as a member of the armed forces if the person has completed, or is participating in, relevant training or education by the date on which this Part ceases to apply to the person.”; and
(b)subsections (2) to (4) were omitted.