Amendment Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts.
1955 c. 18.
1955 c. 19.
1969 c. 12.
1957 c. 53.
5.—(1) Section 70 of the Army Act 1955 and section 70 of the Air Force Act 1955 (civil offenders), as amended by section of 1(6) of the Genocide Act 1969, shall each be amended by inserting in subsection (4), after the word “genocide”, the words “or an offence under section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974.”
(2) In section 48(2) of the Navy Discipline Act 1957 (exclusion of jurisdiction of courts-martial), as amended by section 1(7) of the Genocide Act 1969, after the word “genocide” there shall be inserted the words “or an offence under section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974.”
Extent. 6.—(1) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for extending this Act, with such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the order, to any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, any colony (other than a colony for whose external relations a country other than the United Kingdom is responsible) or any country outside Her Majesty's dominions in which Her Majesty has jurisdiction in right of Her Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom.
(3) An Order in Council under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council. Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament
Short title. 7. This Act may be cited as the Biological Weapons Act 1974.
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