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Armed Forces Act 1971
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72Application of Army Act 1955 and Air Force Act 1955 to passengers in H.M. ships and aircraft
(1)The following provision (which corresponds to section 117 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957) shall be inserted in the Army Act 1955 after section 208, and also (but modified for that purpose by the substitution of " air-force law " for " military law " and " military law " for " air-force law ") in the Air Force Act 1955 after section 208 :—
“208AApplication of Act to passengers in H.M. ships and aircraft.
Part II of this Act shall, to such extent and subject to such modifications as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Defence Council, apply to persons embarked as passengers on board Her Majesty's ships or aircraft (not being persons who are subject to military law by virtue of any of the foregoing provisions of this Act, or persons who are subject to air-force law or to the Naval Discipline Act 1957) as it applies to persons subject to military law.”.
(2)Section 209 of the Army Act 1955 and section 209 of the Air Force Act 1955 (application of those Acts to civilians) shall each be amended by adding the following subsection at the end:—
“(5)This section does not apply to any person to whom section 208A above applies.”.
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