http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/55/schedule/3/part/I/2009-03-28Armed Forces Act 1981An Act to continue the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957; to amend those Acts and other enactments relating to the armed forces; to confer new powers for the temporary detention abroad of servicemen or civilians subject to those Acts suffering from mental disorder or the children of service and certain civilian families in need of care or control; to complete the assimilation for statutory purposes of the women’s services with the rest of the armed forces; to amend the Patents Act 1977 in relation to inventions by members of the armed forces; to abolish the office of Accountant General of the Navy; to make further provision in relation to the naval prize cash balance; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2009-03-28 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 3 Women’s ServicesPart I Statutory Assimilation Existing enactments11Every enactment which refers to the armed forces or the naval, military or air forces of the Crown shall have effect as if the reference included a reference to the women’s services of those forces administered by the Defence Council and any enactment containing the words “men”, “soldiers”, “seamen”, “airmen” or other word importing a reference to persons of the male sex only as, or as having been, or as capable of being, members of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown shall have effect as if for such word there had been substituted therein words having a like meaning in other respects but importing a reference to persons of either sex.2Sub-paragraph (1) above applies for the interpretation of references to the reserve or auxiliary forces as it applies for the interpretation of references to the regular forces of the Crown.3Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply in a case where, or to the extent to which, the enactment refers to the Royal Navy.4Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply in a case where, or to the extent to which, the enactment refers to the naval, military or air forces of the Crown raised outside the United Kingdom; but nothing in this sub-paragraph affects the meaning of “visiting force” in the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933 or Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.5This paragraph has effect in place of subsection (1) of section 3 of the Army and Air Force (Women’s Service) Act 1948 (which makes corresponding provision in relation to the military and air forces) and of so much of any other enactment as explains, in relation to the women’s services, particular statutory references to the armed forces of the Crown; but the power to make Orders in Council under subsection (2) of that section shall include power to make the like provision in consequence of the preceding provisions of this paragraph so far as those provisions relate to the naval forces of the Crown. Future enactments2Paragraph 1 above also applies for the interpretation of references in enactments contained in Acts passed after the passing of this Act.1933 c. 6. 1952 c. 67. 1948 c. 21. Sch. 3 para. 2 repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
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Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply in a case where, or to the extent to which, the enactment refers to the naval, military or air forces of the Crown raised outside the United Kingdom; but nothing in this sub-paragraph affects the meaning of “visiting force” in the
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This paragraph has effect in place of subsection (1) of section 3 of the
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.
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<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1952/67" id="c00116" Year="1952" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="67">1952 c. 67</Citation>
.
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.
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