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Armed Forces Act 1986
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Construction of references to the holding of a commission
10(1)Section 225 of the [1955 c. 18.] Army Act 1955 and section 223 of the [1955 c. 19.] Air Force Act 1955 (general interpretation) shall each have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, as if before subsection (2) there were inserted the following subsection—
“(1C)References in this Act, in relation to any of Her Majesty's forces, to an officer holding a commission include references to a person to whom a commission is required to be issued ; and for the purposes of this Act, where a commission issued to any person takes effect from a date earlier than the date of its issue, that earlier date shall be conclusively presumed to be the date on which the requirement to issue the commission arose.”
(2)Section 135 of the 1957 Act (general interpretation) shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, as if after subsection (2) there were inserted the following subsection—
“(2A)References in this Act, in relation to any of the armed forces of the Crown, to an officer holding a commission include references to a person to whom a commission is required to be issued ; and for the purposes of this Act, where a commission issued to any person takes effect from a date earlier than the date of its issue, that earlier date shall be conclusively presumed to be the date on which the requirement to issue the commission arose.”
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