# The Armed Forces (Forfeiture of Service) (No. 2) Regulations 2009, Paragraph 2


In regulations 3 and 4—
(a) references to an offence under section 8 of the 2006 Act include an offence under section 37 of either of the 1955 Acts or section 16 of the 1957 Act; and
(b) in relation to such an offence, “desertion” has the same meaning as in the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 or the 1957 Act (as the case may be).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1090/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-forfeiture-of-service-no-2-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-2
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