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Section 93 Exercise of powers of military and air force office holders.

United Kingdom

(1)

Any power or jurisdiction given to, and act or thing to be done by, to or before any person holding any military or air force office, may—

(a)

in relation to the F1Army Reserve , or

(b)

in relation to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force,

as the case may be, be exercised by or done by, to or before any other person for the time being authorised in that behalf according to the custom of the service.

(2)

Where by this Part of this Act, or by any order or regulation in force under it, any order is authorised to be made by any military or air force authority—

(a)

the order may be signified by an order, instruction or letter under the hand of any officer authorised to issue orders on behalf of that authority; and

(b)

an order, instruction or letter purporting to be signed by any officer who appears from it to be so authorised shall be evidence of his being so authorised.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Act substituted (1.10.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 44(3)(b)(4)50(1) (with s. 49(3)(5)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 4(a)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act (except ss. 48, 55, 130 to 138, 140, 151, 156, 157 and 158) repealed (1.4.1997 except so far as relating to certain provisions as to which the repeal is prosp.) by 1996 c. 14, ss. 131(2), 132(4), Sch. 11 (with s. 72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2