Army Act 1955 (repealed)

172 Application to horses, food, forage and stores.F1 U.K.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act and theprovisions of the Fourth Schedule thereto, except such of those provisions as relate only tomechanically-propelled vehicles and trailers normally drawn thereby, shall apply to horses and mules, food,forage and stores as they apply to vehicles.

(2) Where stores are required for, and can be conveyed with, a vehicle with respect to which a directionis given under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section one hundred and sixty-six of this Act, such adirection may be given as well in relation to the stores as in relation to the vehicle, and the saidforegoing provisions and Schedule shall apply accordingly:

Provided that subsection (4) of section one hundred and sixty-eight of this Act shall not apply, butif after the giving of the direction the furnishing of the stores is prevented by damage to them or to thevehicle such payment (if any) shall be made in respect of the stores as may be just in all thecircumstances.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in section one hundred and sixty-seven of this Act, food, forage or stores tobe furnished in pursuance of a requisitioning order at any time may be required to be furnished for purchaseon behalf of the Crown.

(4) Section one hundred and seventy of this Act shall apply in relation to horses and mules as it appliesin relation to mechanically-propelled vehicles.

(5) In this section the expression “stores” means any chattel, other than a horse or mule, a vehicle, food or forage, beinga chattel required for, or for use in connection with,—

(a) persons or vehicles billeted or to be billeted in pursuance of a billeting requisition or otherwisetemporarily accommodated or to be so accommodated, or

(b) vehicles, horses or mules furnished or to be furnished in pursuance of a requisitioning order.

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F1 Act: 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