In this Act—
“the 1955 Acts” means the M1Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955; and
“the 1957 Act” means the M2Naval Discipline Act 1957.
(1)Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect for correcting certain minor deficiencies in the 1955 Acts and in the 1957 Act.
(2)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(3)The repeals made by this Act in Schedule 3 to each of the 1955 Acts and the repeals of section 29 of the M3Armed Forces Act 1966 and of paragraph 1(12) and (13) of Schedule 1 to the M4Armed Forces Act 1971 shall not have effect in relation to proceedings for an offence committed before the coming into force of section 4 above.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 1986.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, Part II of this Act, section 16 above and the provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 to this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory instrument, appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.
(3)The repeal by this Act of section 1 of the M5Armed Forces Act 1981 shall come into force on 1st September 1986.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 17(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1986/2071, 2124 and 1987/1998
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