SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Procedure for dealing with offences under Services Acts.

Part ISummary disposal of offences

Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

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1

Section 82 (officers who are to act as commanding officers and appropriate superior authorities) shall be amended as follows.

2

For subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

2

A person may act as appropriate superior authority in relation to a person charged with an offence if—

a

he is an air officer, flag officer, general officer or brigadier, or

b

where the Defence Council so direct, he is a group captain or a naval or military officer of corresponding rank.

3

Subsection (3) shall cease to have effect.