EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (“the Act”) into force.
Article 3 brings section 365 of the Act into force, so far as is necessary for the purpose of enabling the Director of Service Prosecutions to appoint prosecuting officers, on the day after the Order is made. It also commences the provision that amends the short title of the Regimental Debts Act 1893 (c. 5) as this is referred to by its new name in other instruments to be made under the 2006 Act.
Article 4 brings all the provisions of the Act that have not already been brought fully into force, except the provisions specified in that article, into force on 31st October 2009.