Article 2

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2)—

(a)

sections 3 and 4 of the Armed Forces Act 1996, and

(b)

(so far as not already in force) section 35 of and Schedule 7 to that Act,

shall come into force on 1st May 2001.

(2)

Paragraph (1) shall not bring into force the repeal by Schedule 7 to the Armed Forces Act 1996 of section 46 of the Mental Health Act 1983^f1, section 69 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984^f2 and Article 52 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1983 c. 20.
f2: 1984 c. 36.
f3: S.I. 1986/595 (NI 4).