{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1976/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1976/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1976",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Disqualification of members of forces for House of Commons and Northern Ireland Assembly.",
  "text": "In section 1 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and section 1 of the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (each of which disqualifies holders of certain offices and places)—\n(a) the words “or the Ulster Defence Regiment\" shall be added at the end of subsection (1)(c), and\n(b) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “regular armed forces of the Crown\" in subsection (3) of the former section and subsection (3) of the former section and subsection (2) of the latter, namely— “ “regular armed forces of the Crown” means the Royal Navy, the regular forces as defined by section 225 of the Army Act 1955, the regular air force as defined by section 223 of the Air Force Act 1955, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service and the Women’s Royal Naval Service. ”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1975 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 2, 5(1), 9–12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22(5)(6), Schs. 1, 2, and 4–10 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/52/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:28:56.455367+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}