Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 1167 (C. 64)
Defence
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2009
Made
5th May 2009
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 383(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1. This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2009.
2. In this Order “the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006.
Commencement
3. The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on the day after this Order is made—
(a) section 365, so far as is necessary for the purpose of enabling the Director of Service Prosecutions to appoint prosecuting officers; and
(b) paragraph 10 of Schedule 16.
4. The whole Act, in so far as it is not already in force, except the following provisions—
(a) section 212(2),
(b) section 351 and Schedule 12, and
(c) paragraphs 121 and 225 of Schedule 16,
shall come into force on 31st October 2009.
Kevan Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence
5th May 2009