Allied Forces Act 1940
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1940 c. 51 |
| Year | 1940 |
Allied Forces Act, 1940.
(3 & 4 Geo. 6.) CHAPTER 51.
An Act to make provision with respect to the discipline and internal administration of certain allied and associated forces, and for the application in relation to those forces of the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933, the Naval Discipline Act, the Army Act and the Air Force Act.
[22nd August 1940]
B E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Law applicable to allied and associated forces.
(1) Where any naval, military or air forces of any foreign Power allied with His Majesty are for the time being present in the United Kingdom or on board any of His Majesty's ships or aircraft, the naval, military and air force courts and authorities of that Power may, subject to the provisions of this Act, exercise within the United Kingdom or on board any such ship or aircraft in relation to members of those forces, in matters concerning discipline and internal administration, all such powers as are conferred upon them by the law of that Power.
(2) Where any foreign authority is recognised by His Majesty as competent to maintain naval, military or air forces for service in association with His Majesty's forces, the said authority may by order made with the concurrence of the Admiralty or a Secretary of State, as the case may be, confer, whether by reference to the present or former national law of the authority or otherwise, upon naval, military and air force courts and authorities constituted in accordance with the order all such powers as may be necessary to secure the discipline and internal administration of any forces so maintained which are for the time being present in the United Kingdom or on board any ship or aircraft serving in association with His Majesty's forces or on board any of His Majesty's ships or aircraft.
(3) His Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the application to any such naval, military and air forces as are mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) hereof, subject to such adaptations, modifications and exceptions as may be provided by the Order, of subsections (2) to (5) of section one, of sections two and three, of subsections (1) and (3) of section five, and of section six, of the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933 ,...
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