Part V General Provisions

Powers of command

178 Powers of command of members of co-operating naval or military forces.

In so far as powers of command depend on rank, a member of any of Her Majesty’s naval or military forces who—

a

is acting with, or

b

is a member of a body of any of those forces which is acting with,

any body of the regular air force shall have the like such powers as a member of the regular air force of corresponding rank; and for the purposes of sections thirty-three and seventy-four of this Act any such member of the said naval or military forces shall be treated as if he were a member of the regular air force of corresponding rank.