{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-14ZA/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-14ZA/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/14ZA/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Vacancy or incapacity",
  "text": "(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if—\n(a) the office of the Commissioner becomes vacant, or\n(b) it appears to the Secretary of State that the ability of the Commissioner to carry out the Commissioner’s functions is seriously impaired because of ill health (whether mental or physical).\n(2) The Secretary of State may appoint—\n(a) a Deputy Commissioner, or\n(b) such other person as the Secretary of State thinks fit,\nto act as the Commissioner during the vacancy or period of ill health.\n(3) An acting Commissioner holds and vacates office in accordance with the terms of the acting Commissioner’s appointment.\n(4) While an acting Commissioner holds office, the acting Commissioner is to be regarded (except for the purposes of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 and this paragraph) as the Commissioner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 14ZA inserted (2.3.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), ss. 6(2), 7(2), Sch. 1 para. 1; S.I. 2026/14, reg. 3(b) (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/14ZA/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+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."
}