Armed Forces Act 2006

Armed Forces Act 2006^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision with respect to the armed forces; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2006 c. 52
Dates
Royal assent	8 November 2006
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Colonial Naval Defence Act 1931 Naval Forces (Enforcement of Maintenance Liabilities) Act 1947 Army and Air Force (Women’s Service) Act 1948 Colonial Naval Defence Act 1949 Army Act 1955 Air Force Act 1955 Naval Discipline Act 1957 Army and Air Force Act 1961 Armed Forces Act 1966 Armed Forces Act 1986 Armed Forces Discipline Act 2000
Amended by	Serious Crime Act 2007 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 Coroners and Justice Act 2009 Armed Forces Act 2011 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 Armed Forces Act 2016 Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 Sentencing Act 2020 Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021 Armed Forces Act 2021
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It came into force on 31 October 2009. It replaces the three separate Service Discipline Acts (the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 19) and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 53)) as the system of military justice under which the British Armed Forces operate. The Armed Forces Act harmonizes service law across the three armed services. One motivating factor behind the changes in the legislation combining discipline acts across the armed forces is the trend towards tri-service operations and defence organizations.

The act also granted a symbolic pardon to soldiers controversially executed for cowardice and other offences during the World War I.