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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2913",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006-commencement-no-2-order-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2006 shall come into force on 1st January 2008—\nsection 272(2) so far as is necessary to bring into force paragraphs 9 and 36(a)(ii) and (iii) of Schedule 8;\nsections 334 to 339, 366, 367 (so far as it relates to sections 334 to 338), 368 and 369;\nsection 374 so far as is necessary to bring into force the definitions of “officer” , “service police force”, “service policeman”, “subject to service law”, “the regular forces” and “the reserve forces”;\nsection 375(1) and (5);\nsection 378(1) so far as is necessary to bring into force 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29 to 38, 54 to 58, 71, 80, 82, 100 (so far as not already in force), 136, 150, 178 and 187 (so far as not already in force) of Schedule 16; and\nsection 378(2) so far as is necessary to bring into force Schedule 17 to the extent specified below:\nin the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951, the repeal of section 28;\nin the Army Act 1955, the repeal of section 180;\nin the Air Force Act 1955, the repeal of section 180;\nin the Naval Discipline Act 1957, the repeal of section 130;\nin the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968, in sections 11(1) and 34(1)(a) the repeal of the words “the Judge Advocate of Her Majesty’s Fleet or”;\nin the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part 3 of Schedule 1 the repeal of the words “Judge Advocate of the Fleet”;\nin the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, in Part 3 of Schedule 1 the repeal of the words “Judge Advocate of the Fleet”;\nin the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, in Part 2 of Schedule 1 and in Schedule 5 the repeal of the words “Judge Advocate of Her Majesty’s Fleet”;\nin the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, the repeal of section 88(8)(j); and\nin the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 14 the repeal of the entry relating to the Judge Advocate of Her Majesty’s Fleet.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1951 c.46"
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1955 c.18"
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1955 c.19"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1957 c.53"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1968 c.20"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1975 c.24"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1975 c.25"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1993 c.24"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "2001 c.16"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "2005 c.4"
    }
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  "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."
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