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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/786",
  "legislation_title": "Air Force Act 1955 (Part 1) Regulations 2001 (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
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  "heading": "Table to be substituted in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nProvisions of section 9 of the Act of 1955\nPurpose\nCompetent Air Force Authority\n1 Section 9(1A) was inserted by section 126 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the Reserve Forces Act 1996. It applies to airmen (principally those enlisting on or after 1st April 1997) to whom section 9(3) and 9(4) does not apply.\n2 Section 9(3) and 9(4) continues to apply by virtue of section 126 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to, the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to the category of airmen defined in paragraph 6, principally those who were in service immediately before 1st April 1997.\nSection 9(1A)\nFor the purpose of giving an order as to the period for which an airman to whom this subsection applies may be retained in air force service\nThe Air Secretary\nSection 9(3)\nFor the purpose of giving an order as to the period for which an airman to whom this subsection applies may be retained in air force service\nThe Air Secretary\nSection 9(4)\nFor the purpose of giving an order as to the period for which an airman to whom this subsection applies may be retained in air force service\nThe Air Secretary\nSection 9(5)\nFor the purpose of deciding whether the services of an airman to whom this subsection applies can be dispensed with\nThe Air Secretary\nSection 9(6)\nFor the purpose of approving the agreement of an airman to whom this subsection applies to continue in air force service while a state of war exists\nThe Air Secretary",
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1 Section 9(1A) was inserted by section 126 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the Reserve Forces Act 1996. It applies to airmen (principally those enlisting on or after 1st April 1997) to whom section 9(3) and 9(4) does not apply."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2 Section 9(3) and 9(4) continues to apply by virtue of section 126 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to, the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to the category of airmen defined in paragraph 6, principally those who were in service immediately before 1st April 1997."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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