Regulation 26 Exemption certificatesI1
England, Wales and Scotland
The Secretary of State for Defence may, in the interests of national security, by a certificate in writing exempt any of the home forces, any visiting force or any headquarters from the requirements of these Regulations and any exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by the said Secretary of State by a further certificate in writing at any time.
In this regulation—
“the home forces” has the same meaning as in section 12(1) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952f1;
“headquarters” has the same meaning as in article 3(2) of the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1965f2;
“visiting force” has the same meaning as it does for the purposes of any provision of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 26 in force at 1.1.1993 for specified purposes and 1.1.1996 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)(3)
Footnotes
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S.I. 1965/1536, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.