Statutory Instruments
Defence
Made
15th December 2016
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2011(1).
1. This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 2011 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016.
2. Section 21 of the Armed Forces Act 2011 comes into force on 23rd December 2016.
Mark Lancaster
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence
15th December 2016
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force section 21 of the Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18) on 23rd December 2016. Section 21 amends section 365 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) so that the Director of Service Prosecutions may appoint civilians with prescribed qualifications to be prosecuting officers in the Service Prosecuting Authority.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18) have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
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Sections 1, 31, 32, 33 and 34 | 3rd November 2011 | Royal Assent |
Section 28 | 3rd January 2012 | Section 32(2) |
Sections 6, 8, 10 (for certain purposes), 11(1) (for certain purposes), 16(2), 17(1) (for certain purposes), 23(1), 24, 29 (so far as is necessary to bring into force paragraph 23 of Schedule 3), 30(1) (so far as is necessary to bring into force paragraphs 14 and 15 of Schedule 4) and 30(2) (so far as is necessary to bring into force the entry in Schedule 5 relating to the Military Lands Act 1900 (c. 56)) | 8th March 2012 | S.I. 2012/669 (C. 15) |
Sections 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 14 and Schedule 1, 15, 18, 19, 20, 26 and Schedule 2, 27, 29 and the remainder of Schedule 3, 30(1) (so far as is necessary to bring into force paragraphs 1, 2 and 9 of Schedule 4) and 30(2) (so far as is necessary to bring into force certain entries in Schedule 5) | 2nd April 2012 | S.I. 2012/669 (C. 15) |
Sections 7, 22, 30(1) (so far as is necessary to bring into force paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Schedule 4) and 30(2) (so far as is necessary to bring into force the entry in Schedule 5 relating to section 336(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)) | 14th December 2012 | S.I. 2012/2921 (C. 116) |
Section 25 | 6th April 2013 | S.I. 2013/784 (C. 37) |
Sections 9, 10 and 11 (so far as not already in force), 16(1), 30(1) (so far as is necessary to bring into force paragraphs 3(1), (2) and (4), 4, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Schedule 4), and 30(2) (so far as is necessary to bring into force the entries in Schedule 5 relating to sections 305, 306, 307 and 308 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)) | 1st November 2013 | S.I. 2013/2501 (C. 101) |
Section 4 | 4th June 2014 | S.I. 2014/1444 (C. 54) |