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DEFENCE

Made 14th January 2004

Laid before Parliament 15th January 2004

Coming into force 16th January 2004

Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that, having regard to a finding of the European Court of Human Rights^f1 made after the coming into force of section 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998^f2 in proceedings against the United Kingdom, certain provisions of the Naval Discipline Act 1957^f3 are incompatible with an obligation of the United Kingdom arising from the Convention^f4;

And whereas the Secretary of State considers that there are compelling reasons for proceeding by way of a remedial order^f5 to make such amendments to the Naval Discipline Act 1957 as he considers necessary to remove the incompatibility;

And whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that, because of the urgency of the matter, it is necessary to make the order without a draft being approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 10(2) of, and paragraph 1(1)(a), (2) and (3) of Schedule 2 to, the Human Rights Act 1998, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: In the case of Mark Grieves v United Kingdom (Application No. 57067/00), judgment of 16th December 2003.
f2: 1998 c. 42.
f3: 1957 c. 53.
f4: See section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 for the meaning of “the Convention”.
f5: See section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 for the meaning of “remedial order”.