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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1996/schedule-7/part-II",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/46",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/7/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Repeals relating to Abolition of Confirmation",
  "text": "Chapter\nShort title\nExtent of repeal\n1955 c. 18.\nArmy Act 1955.\nIn section 97, subsection (2) and, in subsection (3), the words from “and\" (in the first place it appears) to the end.\nSection 107.\nSections 109 to 111.\nIn section 120, in subsection (5), paragraph (b) and, in paragraph (d), the words “the confirming officer\" and, in subsection (6), the words “not being confirmed or by its\".\nIn section 127, in subsection (4), the words “confirming officer or\" (in both places) and subsection (5).\nIn section 131, in subsection (1), the word “confirmation\" and, in subsection (3), the words “and the sentence has been confirmed\".\nIn section 133(2), paragraph (a) and, in paragraph (b), the words “confirmation of the sentence is withheld or\" and “confirming officer or\".\nIn section 134, in subsection (2), paragraph (a) and, in paragraph (b), the words “confirmation of the sentence is withheld or\" and “confirming officer or\" and subsection (3).\nIn section 138, in subsection (7), the words “by the confirming officer\" and “officer\", in subsection (8), the words from the beginning to “officer; and\" and the words “confirmation and\", in subsection (10), the word “officer\" (in both places).\nIn section 140, the words “confirming officer or\" and “as the case may be\".\nIn section 141, in subsection (5), the words from “or\" (in the second place it appears) to “confirmation\" (in the first place it appears) and the words from “or of\" to the end and subsection (6).\nIn Schedule 5A, in paragraph 4(12), the words “confirming officer or\", in paragraph 5(2)(b), the words “confirmation, revision or\" and, in paragraph 15, in subparagraph (4), the words “confirmation\" and “or revision\", and, in subparagraphs (5), (6) and (7), the words “confirmation\" and “revision\".\n1955 c. 19.\nAir Force Act 1955.\nIn section 97, subsection (2) and, in subsection (3), the words from “and\" (in the first place it appears) to the end.\nSection 107.\nSections 109 to 111.\nIn section 120, in subsection (5), paragraph (b) and, in paragraph (d), the words “the confirming officer\" and, in subsection (6), the words “not being confirmed or by its\".\nIn section 127, in subsection (4), the words “confirming officer or\"(in both places) and subsection (5).\nIn section 131, in subsection (1), the word “confirmation\"and, in subsection (3), the words “and the sentence has been confirmed\".\nIn section 133(2), paragraph (a) and, in paragraph (b), the words “confirmation of the sentence is withheld or\"and “confirming officer or\".\nIn section 134, in subsection (2), paragraph (a) and, in paragraph (b), the words “confirmation of the sentence is withheld or\"and “confirming officer or\"and subsection (3).\nIn section 138, in subsection (7), the words “by the confirming officer\"and “officer\", in subsection (8), the words from the beginning to “officer; and\"and the words “confirmation and\", in subsection (10), the word “officer\"(in both places).\nIn section 140, the words “confirming officer or\"and “as the case may be\".\nIn section 141, in subsection (5), the words from “or\"(in the second place it appears) to “confirmation\"(in the first place it appears) and the words from “or of\"to the end and subsection (6).\nIn Schedule 5A, in paragraph 4(12), the words “confirming officer or\", in paragraph 5(2)(b), the words “confirmation, revision or\"and, in paragraph 15, in subparagraph (4), the words “confirmation\"and “or revision\", and, in subparagraphs (5), (6) and (7), the words “confirmation\"and “revision\".\n1957 c. 53.\nNaval Discipline Act 1957.\nIn Schedule 4A, in paragraph 4(12), the words “confirming officer or\", in paragraph 5(2)(b), the words “confirmation, revision or\" and, in paragraph 15, in subparagraph (4), the words “confirmation\" and “or revision\", and, in subparagraphs (5), (6) and (7), the words “confirmation\" and “revision\".\n1968 c. 20.\nCourts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968.\nIn section 17(2)(b), the words from “being\" to the end.\nIn section 37(2), the words from “(including\" to “court-martial\" (in the last place it appears).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 3.\n1968 c. 64.\nCivil Evidence Act 1968.\nIn section 11(6), the words from “as regards\" (in the first place they appear) to “Act of 1957\" (in the second place they appear).\n1968 c. 70.\nLaw Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968.\nIn section 10(6), the words from “as regards\" (in the first place they appear) to “Act of 1957\" (in the second place they appear).\n1971 c. 36 (N.I.).\nCivil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971.\nIn section 7(6), the words from “as regards\" (in the first place they appear) to “Act of 1957\" (in the second place they appear).\n1986 c. 21.\nArmed Forces Act 1986.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 1(1)(d).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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