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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 373(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Defence

Made ***

Coming into force 1st January 2019

The Defence Council makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 93AA(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006^f1.

The Defence Council is satisfied that the roles and activities (and descriptions of roles and activities) specified in these Regulations satisfy the condition in section 93AA(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 ^f2.

In accordance with section 373(3)^f3 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1: 2006 c. 52; section 93AA(2) was inserted by section 2(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21). The Armed Forces Act 2006 was due to expire on account of section 382 of that Act (as amended by section 1 of the Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21)) but has been continued most recently by S.I. 2018/519. The Defence Council is treated as if it were a Minister of the Crown for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) by virtue of section 373(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
f2: Section 93AA(3) was inserted by section 2(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2016.
f3: Section 373(3) was amended by section 2(8) of the Armed Forces Act 2016; there are other amendments but none is relevant.