The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009

Race Relations Act 1976 U.K.

16.—(1) In section 57(4B) of the Race Relations Act 1976 M1 (claims under Part 3), the reference to a service offence includes an SDA offence.

(2) In section 78(1) of that Act (general interpretative provisions), in the definition of “criminal proceedings” the reference to service law proceedings includes—

(a) proceedings on dealing summarily with a charge under AA 1955 or AFA 1955;

(b) proceedings on summary trial under NDA 1957;

(c) proceedings before a summary appeal court constituted under AA 1955, AFA 1955 or NDA 1957;

(d) proceedings before a court-martial constituted under any of those Acts or a disciplinary court constituted under section 52G of NDA 1957 M2 ;

(e) proceedings before the Appeal Court before commencement; and

(f) proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court.

Marginal Citations

M1 1976 c. 74.

M2 Section 52G of NDA 1957 was inserted by AFA 1996, section 5 and Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 11 and 13, and repealed by AFA 2001, sections 18 and 38, and Schedule 7, Part 1.