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40. The enactments specified in Schedule 8 (which includes enactments that are spent in consequence of section 21(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998 or section 60 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999) are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule.
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| Short title and commencement. |
41. - (1) This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 2001.
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(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
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(3) The following provisions shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed-
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Parts IV and V of Schedule 7, and section 36 so far as relating to those Parts, and |
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Parts IV to VI of Schedule 8, and section 40 so far as relating to those Parts. |
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(4) The repeal by this Act of section 1 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 shall come into force on 1st September 2001.
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(5) The following provisions shall come into force as respects Scotland on such day as the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, may by order appoint-
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(i) subsection (2) so far as relating to requests for assistance in the execution of the duties of a police force in Scotland, and
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(ii) subsection (4) so far as relating to section 2(3A), (3C) and (3D) of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987, and
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(b) paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 so far as relating to the provision of assistance to, or service with, a Scottish force (and section 32 so far as relating to that paragraph in its application to the provision of such assistance, or to such service). |
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(6) In subsection (5)(b) "a Scottish force" means-
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(a) a police force in Scotland, or |
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(b) a joint force of constables established by agreement under section 12(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967. |
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(7) An order under subsection (2) or (5) may appoint different days for different purposes.
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(8) An order under subsection (2) or (5) may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State (or as the case may be the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State) to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force by the order.
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