Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2009, and shall come into force on 31st October 2009.

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;

• “the 1997 Order” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to the Armed Forces ) Order 1997^f1; and

• “the 2006 Order” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2006 ^f2.

For the purposes of this Order any reference to a person being charged with an offence in the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006^f3.