Section 5 Short title, interpretation and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces) Act 1987.

(2)

For the purposes of the application of any provision of this Act in relation to subsection (2) of section 10 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 references in this Act to anything suffered by any person in consequence of an act or omission committed before a particular date shall include references to anything which—

(a)

would not, apart from this subsection, be regarded as suffered in consequence of an act or omission; but

(b)

is suffered in consequence of the nature or condition at a time before that date of any land, premises, ship, aircraft, hovercraft, or vehicle or of any equipment of supplies.

(3)

This Act shall extend to Northern Ireland.