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An Act to enable women to be commissioned and enlisted for service in His Majesty’s land and air forces, and for purposes connected therewith.
[24th March 1948]
C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
The power to raise and maintain land and air forces vested in His Majesty by statute shall include power to raise and maintain forces consisting of or including women, and it is hereby declared that the like power is included in the power to raise land forces vested in His Majesty by virtue of the prerogative of the Crown.
Such women as are selected by His Majesty to serve as officers in any land or air forces may be granted and may hold commissions to serve as officers therein.
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(2)His Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for adaptations and modifications of enactments appearing to him to be requisite in consequence of the preceding provisions of this Act or of things done thereunder:
Provided that a draft of any Order in Council proposed to be made under this subsection shall be laid before each House of Parliament, and the draft shall not be submitted to His Majesty in Council unless each House of Parliament presents an Address to His Majesty praying that the Order be made.
F1S. 3(1) repealed and superseded (with saving) by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, SIF 7:1), ss. 20, 28(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 5, Sch. 5 Pt. I
C1A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
C2S. 3(2) extended by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, SIF 7:1), s. 20, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 5
F1S. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
This Act may be cited as the Army and Air Force (Women’s Service) Act, 1948, and shall come into operation on such day as His Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.
Army and Air Force (Women’s Service) Act 1948