The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2009
S.I. 2009/812 · Made 27 March 2009
Defence
Made 27th March 2009
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 383(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006f1, makes the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Contents
1Citation and interpretation
This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2009.
2Citation and interpretation
In this Order “the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006.
3Commencement
The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 28th March 2009—
the whole Act, except section 351 and Schedule 12, so far as is necessary for the purpose of enabling—
the Defence Council to make regulations,
the Secretary of State to make orders, regulations and rules,
Royal Warrants to be made, and
Orders in Council to be made,
under the Act or under any other Act modified or amended by the Act;
the whole Act so far as is necessary for the purpose of enabling the Defence Council to make appointments under the Act;
section 370 and Schedule 15 so far as is necessary for enabling the Defence Council, or an officer authorised by the Defence Council, to make designations for the purposes of paragraph 7 of Schedule 15.
Signature
Kevan Jones
Permanent Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence
27th March 2009
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 28th March 2009 the provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (“the Act”) specified in article 3. Those provisions enable subordinate legislation to be made under the Act or under provisions modified or amended by the Act and also enable appointments and designations to be made under the Act.