{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2016-commencement-no-2-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/876",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2016-commencement-no-2-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "Section 2 (commanding officer’s power to require preliminary alcohol and drugs tests) of the Armed Forces Act 2016 comes into force—\n(a) on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made for the purpose only of conferring power to make regulations under section 93AA(2) to (4) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (section 93A: interpretation); and\n(b) on 1st January 2019 in so far as it is not already in force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 52; section 93AA(2) to (4) were inserted by section 2(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2016."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/876/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:11.982521+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."
}