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Changes over time for: Section 343B


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(1)In section 343A “service people” means—
(a)members of the regular forces and the reserve forces;
(b)members of British overseas territory forces who are subject to service law;
(c)former members of any of Her Majesty's forces who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom; and
(d)relevant family members.
(2)In section 343A “relevant government department”, in relation to an effect to be covered by an armed forces covenant report, means a department of the Government of the United Kingdom (apart from the Ministry of Defence) which the Secretary of State considers has functions relevant to that effect.
(3)In section 343A “relevant devolved administration”, in relation to an effect to be covered by an armed forces covenant report, means whichever of the following the Secretary of State considers to have functions relevant to that effect—
(a)the Scottish Executive;
(b)the Northern Ireland departments;
(c)the Welsh Assembly Government.
(4)In this Part—
“British overseas territory force” means any of Her Majesty's forces that is raised under the law of a British overseas territory;
“membership or former membership” of a force, in relation to a person, includes any service in that force that that person is undertaking, undertook or may be expected to be called on to undertake;
“relevant family members” means such descriptions of persons connected with service members, or with persons who were service members, as the Secretary of State considers should be covered by a report or part of a report;
“service member” means a person who falls within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1).
(5)Any reference in this Part to membership or former membership of the armed forces is to be read, in relation to a person who is—
(a)a service member, or
(b)a relevant family member by reason of connection with a person who is or was a service member,
as a reference to the service member's membership or former membership of a force mentioned in subsection (1).]
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