Army Act 1955 (repealed)

1 Recruiting officers.F2U.K.

The following persons may enlist recruits in the regular forces and are in this Act referred to asrecruiting officers, that is to say,—

(a)whether within or without Her Majesty’s dominions, any officer authorised under regulations of [F1the Defence Council],

(b)in a colony, any person authorised by the Governor of the colony,

(c)outside Her Majesty’s dominions, any British consul-general, consul or vice-consul, and any person dulyexercising the authority of a British consul.

Textual Amendments

F1Words substituted by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. I

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F2Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2