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The Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2013

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This draft Order in Council supersedes the draft of the same title which was laid before Parliament on 17 June 2013 and published on 27 June 2013 (ISBN 978-0-11-110039-4). It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft Order in Council.

Defence

Made *** 2013

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the *** day of ***

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

A draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, on the advice of Her Privy Council and in exercise of the power conferred by section 382(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 52; section 382 was substituted by section 1 of the Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2013.

2

The Armed Forces Act 2006 shall, instead of expiring at the end of 2nd November 2013, expire at the end of 2nd November 2014.

Signature

Name

Clerk of the Privy Council

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 382(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) provides that the 2006 Act will expire at the end of one year beginning with the day on which the Armed Forces Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) was passed, unless continued in force by Order in Council in accordance with that section. The 2011 Act was passed on 3rd November 2011. The Armed Forces (Continuation) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1750) provided for the continuation of the 2006 Act for a period of 12 months. This Order provides for the continuation in force of the Armed Forces Act 2006 so that it will expire at the end of 2nd November 2014.