F1[F22U.K.The following shall not be considered as acts harmful to the enemy:
(a)that the personnel of the unit are equipped with light individual weapons for their own defence or for that of the wounded and sick in their charge;
(b)that the unit is guarded by a picket or by sentries or by an escort;
(c)that small-arms and ammunition taken from the wounded and sick, and not yet handed to the proper service, are found in the units;
(d)that members of the armed forces or other combatants are in the unit for medical reasons.]
Textual Amendments
F1Fifth and Sixth Schedules inserted (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, s. 6, Sch.; S.I. 1998/1505, art. 2
F2Fifth and Sixth Schedules inserted (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, s. 6, Sch.; S.I. 1998/1505, art. 2