The Armed Forces Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2023
Citation, interpretation and extent1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2023.
(2)
In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2021.
(3)
Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the British Overseas Territories (except Gibraltar).
(4)
Regulation 2, so far as it relates to—
(a)
(b)
paragraphs 2 to 9 of Schedule 4 to the Act (and section 11(5) of the Act, so far as it relates to those paragraphs), has the same extent as the provisions to which those paragraphs relate.
Commencement of section 11 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Act2.
Section 11 (service police: complaints, misconduct etc) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Act come into force on 19th June 2023, in so far as they are not already in force.
These Regulations bring into force section 11 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35) on 19 June 2023, in so far as they are not already in force.
Five earlier Commencement Regulations, S.I. 2022/471 (C. 17), S.I. 2022/625 (C. 33), S.I. 2022/1095 (C. 87), S.I. 2022/1161 (C. 89), and S.I. 2023/158 (C. 11) were made before the date of these Regulations.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
Section 2 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 2 (remainder) | 1 January 2023 | |
Section 3 | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 4 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 5 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 6 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 7 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 8 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 8 (remainder) | 22 November 2022 | |
Section 9 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 10 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 10 (remainder) | 15 June 2022 | |
Section 11 (partially) | 1 November 2022 | |
Section 11 (partially) | 20 February 2023 | |
Section 12 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 12 (remainder) | 5 December 2022 | |
Section 13 | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 14 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 15 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 15 (remainder) | 1 April 2023 | |
Section 16 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 16 (remainder) | 1 April 2023 | |
Section 18 | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 21 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Section 21 (remainder) | 22 November 2022 | |
Schedule 1 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Schedule 1 (remainder) | 1 January 2023 | |
Schedule 2 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Schedule 3 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Schedule 3 (remainder) | 15 June 2022 | |
Schedule 4 (partially) | 1 November 2022 | |
Schedule 5 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Schedule 5 (remainder) | 5 December 2022 | |
Schedule 6 (partially) | 1 May 2022 | |
Schedule 6 (remainder) | 1 April 2023 |