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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Royal arms

Armed Forces Act 1976

1976 CHAPTER 52

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    General

    1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Service in and constitution of forces

      1. 2. Regulations as to variation of term of service

      2. 3. Royal Marines

      3. 4. QARNNS and WRNS

  2. Part II

    Trial and Punishment of Offences

    1. Summary punishment

      1. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Civilians

      1. 6. Establishment of Standing Civilian Courts

      2. 7. Jurisdiction of Standing Civilian Courts

      3. 8.Powers of courts in relation to civilians (E+W)

      4. 8.Powers of courts in relation to civilians (S+N.I.)

      5. 9. Constitution of courts-martial for civilians

    3. Juveniles

      1. 10. Powers of courts in relation to juveniles

    4. Court-martial procedure

      1. 11. Proof at courts-martial by written statement

      2. 12. Exemption of certain persons from duty to take oath at court-martial

    5. Powers of court-martial etc

      1. 13. Imprisonment in default of payment of fines

      2. 14. Restitution and compensation

    6. Naval Offences

      1. 15. Territorial scope of certain offences

    7. Powers of civil courts

      1. 16. Enforcement by civil courts of financial penalties awarded under Services Acts

    8. Rehabilitation

      1. 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Miscellaneous and Supplementary

    1. 18. Deductions for maintenance of children

    2. 19. Deductions from RAF pensions

    3. 20. Disqualification of members of forces for House of Commons and Northern Ireland Assembly

    4. 21. Greenwich Hospital

    5. 22. Citation etc

  4. SCHEDULE 1

    Royal Marines

  5. SCHEDULE 2

    QARNNS and WRNS

  6. SCHEDULE 3

    Standing Civilian Courts

  7. SCHEDULE 4

    Order That May be Made on Trial of Civilians

  8. SCHEDULE 5

    Proof at Courts-Martial by Written Statement

  9. SCHEDULE 6

    Imprisonment in Default

  10. SCHEDULE 7

    Restitution and Compensation

  11. SCHEDULE 8

    Financial Penalty Enforcement Orders

  12. SCHEDULE 9

    Miscellaneous Amendments

  13. SCHEDULE 10

    Repeals

An Act to continue the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957; to amend those Acts and other enactments relating to the armed forces; to authorise the establishment of courts for the trial outside the United Kingdom of civilians subject to Part II of the Army Act 1955 or Part II of the Air Force Act 1955; to make provision for the powers of the courts so authorised in relation to such civilians; to make further provision for the powers of courts-martial in relation to such civilians and to civilians subject to Parts I and II of the Naval Discipline Act 1957; to make further provision as to the disqualification of members of the forces for membership of the House of Commons or the Northern Ireland Assembly; to make further provision for Greenwich Hospital; and for connected purposes.

[26th October 1976]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act: Power to amend conferred (prosp.) by 2001 c. 19, ss. 30(4)(e), 39(2)

C2Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C3Act amended (women's services) by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, SIF 7:1), s. 20, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1

C4Power to amend Act conferred by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 50(3)(a)(iv)

C5By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 para.23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch.1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s. 70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts.

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent, see s. 22(7); Act wholly in force at 1.7.1977

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