Subject to article 3 of this Order, the following provisions of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (“the Act”) shall come into force on 1st October 1996—

• section 2;

• sections 6 and 7;

• sections 11 to 14 and Schedule 4;

• sections 18 and 19;

• sections 30 to 33;

• section 35 so far as is necessary to bring into force Schedules 6 and 7 to the extent specified below;

• in Schedule 6, paragraphs 1 to 3, 5, 6, and 10 to 13;

• Part III of Schedule 7 so far as it relates to the provisions specified in the Schedule to this Order.