{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2021/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2021/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/35",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2021",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Power of British overseas territories to apply AFA 2006 etc",
  "text": "(1) In section 357 of AFA 2006 (power of British overseas territory to apply Act, etc), after paragraph (b) insert—\nand in particular nothing prevents a law of a British overseas territory to which this section does not extend applying provisions of this Act in reliance on paragraph (b).\n(2) Subsection (1) has effect in relation to a law of a British overseas territory, whenever passed or made.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/35/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:58:50.996837+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}