This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 1986.

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.

The repeal by this Act of section 1 of the M1Armed Forces Act 1981 shall come into force on 1st September 1986.