The Armed Forces (Civilians Subject to Service Discipline) Order 2009

Made: 31st March 2009

Laid before Parliament: 2nd April 2009

Coming into force: 31st October 2009

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 370 of, and paragraphs 5(2), 6(2)(b) and 12 of Schedule 15 to, the Armed Forces Act 2006[^f00001]:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces (Civilians Subject to Service Discipline) Order 2009 and comes into force on 31st October 2009.

• (2) In this Order “the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006.

Specified military organisations

2

The organisation listed in Schedule 1 is specified for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Schedule 15 to the Act.

Other specified organisations

3

The organisations listed in Schedule 2 are specified for the purposes of paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 to the Act.

Designated Areas

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• (1) The areas listed in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 are designated for the purposes of paragraphs 4, 6 and 9 of Schedule 15 to the Act.

• (2) The areas listed in paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 are designated for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 15 to the Act.

SCHEDULE 1 — SPECIFIED MILITARY ORGANISATION

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

SCHEDULE 2 — OTHER SPECIFIED ORGANISATIONS

• The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes

• Service Children’s Education

• The Services Sound and Vision Corporation

• The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help

SCHEDULE 3 — DESIGNATED AREAS

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The following are designated areas for the purposes of paragraphs 4, 6 and 9 of Schedule 15 to the Act—

• Brunei Darussalam

• the Falkland Islands

• the Federal Republic of Germany

• Gibraltar

• the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

• the Republic of Iraq

2

The following are designated areas for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 15 to the Act—

• Belize

• Brunei Darussalam

• the Falkland Islands

• the Federal Republic of Germany

• Gibraltar

• the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• the Republic of Cyprus

• the Republic of Turkey

• the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

• the State of Kuwait

• the Sultanate of Oman

Signed

Kevan Jones — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Defence — 31st March 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Under the Armed Forces Act 2006 certain persons may, for the purposes of the Act, be “civilians subject to service discipline”.

Whether a person is a civilian subject to service discipline depends in some cases partly on whether he is a member or employee of a specified organisation.

Article 2 and Schedule 1 provide for the specification of the military organisation (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) certain of whose members or employees are civilians subject to service discipline when outside the British Islands.

Article 3 and Schedule 2 provide for the specification of those other organisations whose employees are civilians subject to service discipline when in a designated area.

Some categories of person are civilians subject to service discipline if they are in a designated area. Article 4 and Schedule 3 provide for the designation of areas for the different categories.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c. 52