{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-forfeitures-and-deductions-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-forfeitures-and-deductions-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1109",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Forfeitures and Deductions) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-forfeitures-and-deductions-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006 and, unless expressly provided otherwise, a reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is a reference to that section of the Act;\n“AA 1955” means the Army Act 1955 ;\n“AFA 1955” means the Air Force Act 1955 ;\n“NDA 1957” means the Naval Discipline Act 1957 ;\n...\n“the 2007 Hague Convention” means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other forms of Family Maintenance done at The Hague on 23rd November 2007;\n...\n“Sovereign Base Areas” means the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/479), regs. 1(1), 78(2) (with regs. 92-95) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 5(2)-(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2814), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 9(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/519), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 36(2) (with reg. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 5(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1955 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1955 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1957 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1109/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:37.446354+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."
}