(1) . . . F1
(2)As from the appointed day—
(a)the expression “colony” in the M1Army Act 1955, the M2Air Force Act 1955 and the M3Naval Discipline Act 1957 shall not include Trinidad and Tobago, and
(b) in the definitions of “Commonwealth Force” in subsection (1) of section two hundred and twenty-five and subsection (1) of section two hundred and twenty-three respectively of the said Acts of 1955, and in the definition of “Commonwealth country”in subsection (1) of section one hundred and thirty five of the said Act of 1957, at the end there shall be added the words “or Trinidad and Tobago”;
and no Order in Council made on or after the appointed day under section one of the M4Army and Air Force Act 1961 shall operate to continue either of the said Acts of 1955 in force as part of the law of Trinidad and Tobago.
(3)For the purposes of the making, on or after the appointed day, of Orders in Council under the M5West Indies Act 1962 and for the purposes of the making on or after that day of grants under section eight of that Act, Trinidad and Tobago shall be treated as not being a colony within the meaning of that Act.
(4)As from the appointed day, the provisions specified in the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule, . . . F2
(5)Subsection (4) of this section shall not extend to Trinidad and Tobago as part of the law thereof.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 3(1) repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), Sch. 3
F2Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 3 (2)(b) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and it does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations