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The Armed Forces Act 2021 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1161 · Made 8 November 2022

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Defence

Made 8th November 2022

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) of the Armed Forces Act 2021f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2021 c. 35.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Extent
  3. 3Commencement of section 8 of the Act
  4. 4Commencement of section 21 of the Act
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 2021 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2022.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2021.

2Extent

(1)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the British Overseas Territories (except Gibraltar), subject to paragraph (2).

(2)

Regulation 4 extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland only.

3Commencement of section 8 of the Act

Section 8 (armed forces covenant) of the Act comes into force on 22nd November 2022, in so far as it is not already in force.

4Commencement of section 21 of the Act

Section 21 (time limit for appeals in respect of war pensions) of the Act comes into force on 22nd November 2022, in so far as it is not already in force.

Signature

Andrew Murrison

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Defence

8th November 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force sections 8 and 21 of the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35) on 22nd November 2022, in so far as they are not already in force.

Section 8 amends the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) to impose a new duty on specified persons or bodies to have due regard to the principles of the armed forces covenant when exercising relevant housing, education or healthcare functions in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Section 21 substitutes a new subsection (5) and (6) for subsection (5) of section 8 of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39 6 and 7 Geo. 6), which deals with the time limit for appeals.

Three earlier Commencement Regulations, (S.I 2022/471 (C. 17)), (S.I. 2022/625 (C. 33)) and (S.I. 2022/1095 (C. 87)), were made before the date of these Regulations.