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UKPGA-1996-46 Armed Forces Act 1996 UK

Current to 2018-04-23

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preamble

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Continuance of Services Acts

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Terms and conditions of service

s. 2 — Enlistment or entry for local service.

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s. 3 — Discharge certificates.

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s. 4 — Mode of making regulations relating to enlistment etc.

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Trial and punishment of offences under Services Acts

s. 5 — Procedure for dealing with offences under Services Acts.

Schedule 1 (amendment of provisions relating to the procedure for dealing with offences under the 1955 Acts and the 1957 Act) shall have effect.

s. 6 — Abrogation of common law corroboration rules.
s. 6(1)

For the avoidance of doubt section 32 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (abolition of corroboration rules) and section 34(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (abrogation of requirements for corroboration warning) apply to any service disciplinary proceedings in which the rules abrogated by those sections would have been applied.

s. 6(2)

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s. 6(3)

In this section “service disciplinary proceedings” means proceedings before—

s. 6(3)(a)

the Court Martial;

s. 6(3)(b)

the Summary Appeal Court;

s. 6(3)(c)

the Service Civilian Court;

s. 6(3)(d)

the Court Martial Appeal Court; or

s. 6(3)(e)

the Supreme Court on an appeal brought from the Court Martial Appeal Court.

s. 7 — Evidence from children.

In Schedule 13 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (application of provisions of that Act to courts-martial etc.), after paragraph 8 there shall be added the following paragraphs—

s. 8 — Findings of unfitness to stand trial and insanity.

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s. 9 — Postponement of sentences of courts-martial.

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s. 10 — Community supervision orders.

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Fingerprints and samples

s. 11 — Fingerprinting of certain offenders.

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s. 12 — Taking of samples from certain offenders.

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Rehabilitation of service offenders

s. 13 — Application of Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
s. 13(1)

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 shall be amended as follows.

s. 13(2)

In section 2 (rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service disciplinary proceedings), subsections (2) to (4) shall cease to have effect.

s. 13(3)

In section 6 (the rehabilitation period)—

s. 13(3)(a)

in subsection (6) the words “Subject to subsection (7) below" shall cease to have effect; and

s. 13(3)(b)

after subsection (6)(b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—; and

s. 13(3)(c)

in subsection (7) for the words “Notwithstanding subsection (6) above" there shall be substituted the words“ Except as provided by subsection (6)(bb) above ”.

s. 13(4)

The provisions set out in Schedule 4 to this Act shall be inserted as the Schedule to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

s. 13(5)

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 shall apply to convictions before the commencement date as if the amendments made by this section had always had effect; but this subsection does not apply to convictions to which section 2(1) of that Act applied before that date.

s. 13(6)

Where by virtue of subsection (5) above a rehabilitation period applicable to a conviction would have ended before the commencement date, the individual concerned shall (subject to section 1(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) be treated as a rehabilitated person in respect of the conviction, and the conviction shall be regarded as spent, on and after that date.

s. 13(7)

In this section “the commencement date” means the date on which this section comes into force.

s. 14 — Application of Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.
s. 14(1)

The Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 shall be amended as follows.

s. 14(2)

In Article 4 (rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service disciplinary proceedings), paragraphs (2) to (4) shall cease to have effect.

s. 14(3)

In Article 7 (the rehabilitation period)—

s. 14(3)(a)

in paragraph (6) the words “Subject to paragraph (7)" shall cease to have effect; and

s. 14(3)(b)

after paragraph (6)(b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—; and

s. 14(3)(c)

in paragraph (7) for the words “Notwithstanding paragraph (6)" there shall be substituted the words “ Except as provided by paragraph (6)(bb) ”.

s. 14(4)

A Schedule corresponding to the Schedule to be inserted into the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by section 13(4) above shall be inserted as the Schedule to the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, with the substitution—

s. 14(4)(a)

in the Schedule heading, for the words “Section 6(4)" of the words “ Article 7 ”; and

s. 14(4)(b)

in paragraph 1, for the words “section 6(6)(bb) of this Act" of the words “ Article 7(6)(bb) ”.

s. 14(5)

The Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 shall apply to convictions before the commencement date as if the amendments made by this section had always had effect; but this subsection does not apply to convictions to which Article 4(1) of that Order applied before that date.

s. 14(6)

Where by virtue of subsection (5) above a rehabilitation period applicable to a conviction would have ended before the commencement date, the individual concerned shall (subject to Article 3(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978) be treated as a rehabilitated person in respect of the conviction, and the conviction shall be regarded as spent, on and after that date.

s. 14(7)

In this section “the commencement date” means the date on which this section comes into force.

Review and appeal

s. 15 — Abolition of confirmation.

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s. 16 — Review of findings and sentences.

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s. 17 — Appeals against sentence.
s. 17(1)

The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.

s. 17(2)

In section 8 (right of appeal)—

s. 17(2)(a)

in subsection (1), for the words from “against" (in the first place it appears) to the end there shall be substituted the words;

s. 17(2)(b)

in subsection (1A), paragraph (a) shall cease to have effect;

s. 17(2)(c)

subsection (5) shall cease to have effect.

s. 17(3)

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s. 17(4)

In section 34 (reference of cases by Service authorities), for subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

s. 17(5)

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s. 17(6)

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s. 17(7)

In section 57 (interpretation), after the definition of “the registrar" there shall be inserted the words

s. 18 — Powers exercisable by registrar.

After section 36 of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 there shall be inserted the following section—

s. 19 — Appeals on behalf of deceased persons.

Immediately before section 49 of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 there shall be inserted the following section—

Redress of complaints

s. 20 — Services redress of complaints procedures.

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Complaints to ...employment tribunals

s. 21 — Sex discrimination: Great Britain.
s. 21(1)

Section 85 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (application of that Act to the Crown) shall be amended as set out in subsections (2) to (5) below.

s. 21(2)

In subsection (2), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—.

s. 21(3)

In subsection (4), for the words from “naval" to the end there shall be substituted the words“armed forces.”.

s. 21(4)

After subsection (9) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

s. 21(5)

For subsection (10) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

s. 21(6)

In section 76(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (period within which complaint under section 63 of that Act to be presented to an employment tribunal), for the words from “the period" to the end there shall be substituted the following words

s. 22 — Sex discrimination: Northern Ireland.
s. 22(1)

Article 82 of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (application of that Order to the Crown) shall be amended as set out in subsections (2) to (5) below.

s. 22(2)

In paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—.

s. 22(3)

In paragraph (5), for the words from “naval" to the end there shall be substituted the words “ armed forces ”.

s. 22(4)

After paragraph (9) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

s. 22(5)

For paragraph (10) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

s. 22(6)

In Article 76(1) of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (period within which complaint under Article 63 of that Order to be presented to an industrial tribunal), for the words from “the period" to the end there shall be substituted the following words.

s. 22(7)

In Article 80(1) of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (orders and regulations subject to negative resolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly), after the words “regulations made under this Order" there shall be inserted the words “ (except Article 82(9C)) ”.

s. 23 — Racial discrimination.

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s. 24 — Equal treatment: Great Britain.
s. 24(1)

Section 1(9) of the Equal Pay Act 1970 (exclusion of armed forces from requirement of equal treatment for women and men in same employment) shall cease to have effect.

s. 24(2)

For section 7 of that Act (service pay) there shall be substituted the following section—

s. 25 — Equal treatment: Northern Ireland.
s. 25(1)

Section 1(10) of the Equal Pay Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (exclusion of armed forces from requirement of equal treatment for women and men in same employment) shall cease to have effect.

s. 25(2)

After section 6 of that Act there shall be inserted the following section—

s. 26 — Other complaints: Great Britain.
s. 26(1)

Section 192 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (application of Act to armed forces) shall be amended as follows.

s. 26(2)

In subsection (4), for the words from “the person" to the end there shall be substituted the following words

s. 26(3)

For subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

s. 26(4)

In subsection (6), for the words “sections 180 and 181" in both places where those words occur there shall be substituted the words “ section 180 ”.

s. 27 — Other complaints: Northern Ireland.
s. 27(1)

Article 10 of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (application of Industrial Relations Orders to armed forces) shall be amended as follows.

s. 27(2)

In paragraph (3), for the words from “the person" to the end there shall be substituted the following words

s. 27(3)

For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

s. 27(4)

In paragraph (7), for the words “sections 180 and 181" in both places where those words occur there shall be substituted the words “ section 180 ”.

Miscellaneous

s. 28 — Exemptions from Firearms Act 1968.
s. 28(1)

In section 54 of the Firearms Act 1968 (application of Parts I and II to Crown servants), after subsection (3) there shall be added the following subsections—

s. 28(2)

After section 16 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 there shall be inserted the following section—

s. 29 — Exemptions from Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
s. 29(1)

In Article 57 of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (application of Parts II and III to Crown servants), after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraphs—

s. 29(2)

After Article 12 of that Order there shall be inserted the following Article—.

s. 30 — Greenwich Hospital.
s. 30(1)

This section applies to the following land vested in the Secretary of State and held by him in trust for Her Majesty for the exclusive benefit of Greenwich Hospital, that is to say—

s. 30(1)(a)

the site known as the Royal Naval College, including the premises known as the Trident Hall and the Trafalgar Quarters;

s. 30(1)(b)

the premises known as the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital;

s. 30(1)(c)

the premises known as the Devonport Nurses’ Home.

s. 30(2)

In the exercise of his functions under the Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1996 in relation to the land to which this section applies, the Secretary of State shall have regard to—

s. 30(2)(a)

the importance of preserving for the benefit of the nation the historic buildings and monuments on the land and of maintaining the architectural integrity of the Royal Naval College site;

s. 30(2)(b)

the desirability of securing reasonable public access to the land (and in particular to the historic buildings and monuments on the land); and

s. 30(2)(c)

the desirability of preventing any use of the land appearing to him to be out of keeping with its unique character and history.

s. 30(3)

It shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to grant a lease of any of the land to which this section applies, with its appurtenances, to any person appearing to him to be suitable for a term not exceeding 150 years.

s. 30(4)

Where any land to which this section applies is the subject of a lease granted under subsection (3), no sub-lease of any of the land may be granted, and no interest in the land may be assigned, except in accordance with subsection (5).

s. 30(5)

Where any land to which this section applies is the subject of a lease granted under subsection (3), the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling all or any of the land (with its appurtenances) to be occupied by a person appearing to him to be suitable—

s. 30(5)(a)

authorise the lessee to grant a sub-lease, or to assign the lease, to that person; or

s. 30(5)(b)

authorise a person to whom the lease has been assigned under this subsection to grant a sub-lease, or to assign the lease, to that person.

s. 30(6)

Any lease or sub-lease under this section shall be granted, at a rent or rent-free, on such terms (including terms as to the granting of licences to occupy or otherwise use all or any of the land) as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

s. 30(7)

Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (security of tenure for business tenants) shall not apply to any lease or sub-lease granted under this section.

s. 30(8)

It shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to permit any of the land to which this section applies which is not the subject of a lease under subsection (3), with its appurtenances, to be occupied and used for the purposes of any government department or for any other purpose, at a rent or rent-free, and on such terms as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

s. 30(9)

Any proceeds of, or income arising from, a lease granted by the Secretary of State under this section shall be held and applied for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital in accordance with the Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1996.

s. 30(10)

Section 7 of the Greenwich Hospital Act 1869 shall cease to have effect.

s. 30(11)

Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing any of the land to which this section applies being used for any of the purposes of Greenwich Hospital.

s. 30(12)

This section and the Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1990 may be cited together as the Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1996.

s. 31 — Grants for preservation of Royal Naval College site.

After section 31 of the National Heritage Act 1983 there shall be inserted the following section—.

s. 32 — Offences connected with services drug testing programmes.

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s. 33 — Application of Visiting Forces Act 1952.

In section 1(2) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (countries which may be designated as countries to which the Act applies)—

s. 33(a)

after the word “to" in the second place it appears there shall be inserted “ (a) ”; and

s. 33(b)

for the word “to" in the third place it appears there shall be substituted the words.

Supplemental

s. 34 — The 1955 Acts and the 1957 Act.

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s. 35 — Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
s. 35(1)

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified (being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act).

s. 35(2)

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 7 to this Act (which include some that are spent) are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

s. 36 — Short title, commencement and application to Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
s. 36(1)

This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 1996.

s. 36(2)

Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

s. 36(3)

Sections 1 and 34 shall come into force on the passing of this Act.

s. 36(4)

The repeal by this Act of section 1 of the Armed Forces Act 1991 shall come into force on 1st September 1996.

s. 36(5)

An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force by the order.

s. 36(6)

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Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

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Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

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Sch 1 para 98

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Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80)

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Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c. 64)

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Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 36 (N.I.))

Sch 1 para 101

In section 7 of the Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (convictions as evidence in civil proceedings), in subsection (6), for the words “section 50" there shall be substituted the words “ section 52G ”.

Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52)

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Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

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Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

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Sch 1 para 109
Sch 1 para 109(1)

Schedule 13 to that Act (evidence before courts-martial etc.) shall be amended as follows.

Sch 1 para 109(2)

In paragraph 1 (interpretation)—

Sch 1 para 109(2)(a)

for the words “Rules of Procedure" there shall be substituted the word “ rules ”;

Sch 1 para 109(2)(b)

for the words “General Orders" there shall be substituted the word “ rules ”; and

Sch 1 para 109(2)(c)

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Sch 1 para 109(3)

In paragraph 4 (application of section 26 of the Act of 1988)—

Sch 1 para 109(3)(a)

for the words “section 77" in both places they appear there shall be substituted the words “ section 76B ”; and

Sch 1 para 109(3)(b)

for the words “section 49" there shall be substituted the words “ section 52D ”.

Sch 1 para 109(4)

In paragraph 7 (forms of evidence and glossaries)—

Sch 1 para 109(4)(a)

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Sch 1 para 109(4)(b)

for the words “Rules of Procedure" there shall be substituted the word “ rules ”; and

Sch 1 para 109(4)(c)

for the words “General Orders" there shall be substituted the word “ rules ”.

Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12))

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Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

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Sch 2

Findings of unfitness to stand trial and insanity

The 1955 Acts

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The 1957 Act

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The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20)

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Sch 2 para 12

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Sch 3

Community supervision orders

The 1955 Acts

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The 1957 Act

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Sch 4

Schedule to be inserted in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Sch 5

Review of findings and sentence

The 1955 Acts

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Sch 5 para 7

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The 1957 Act

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Sch 5 para 10

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Sch 5 para 11

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Sch 5 para 13

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Sch 6

Minor and consequential amendments

Naval Medical Compassionate Fund

Sch 6 para 1

In section 1 of the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915 (power by Order in Council to regulate fund), in subsection (1)(f) (eligibility for benefits), after the word “widows" there shall be inserted the word “ , widowers ”.

Affidavits and declarations outside the United Kingdom

Sch 6 para 2

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Enlistment in the Royal Air Force

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Suspension of sentences

Sch 6 para 4

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Remission of sentences

Sch 6 para 5

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Sch 6 para 6

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Reviews

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Sch 6 para 8

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Sch 6 para 9

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Removal or amendment of spent expressions

Sch 6 para 10

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Sch 6 para 11

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Queen’s Regulations for the Royal Navy

Sch 6 para 12

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Meaning of “protected prisoner of war"

Sch 6 para 13

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Abolition of confirmation

Sch 6 para 14

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Sch 6 para 15

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Sch 7

Repeals

Sch 7

Repeals relating to changes to procedure for dealing with offences under Services Acts

Sch 7

Repeals relating to Abolition of Confirmation

Sch 7

Other Repeals

preamble

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

s. 23 — Racial discrimination.
s. 23(1)

Section 75 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (application of that Act to the Crown) shall be amended as set out in subsections (2) and (3) below.

s. 23(2)

For subsection (9) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

s. 23(3)

In subsection (10), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—.

s. 23(4)

In section 68(1) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (period within which complaint under section 54 of that Act to be presented to an industrial tribunal), for the words from “the period" to the end there shall be substituted the following words

s. 23(5)

In section 74(2) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (parliamentary control of orders and regulations), after the words “section 75(5)(a)" there shall be inserted the words “or (9A)”.