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UK Law Reference
All sections of Armed Forces Act 2021
2021 c. 35, s.26

Section 26 — Extent in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British overseas territories

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2021-12-15

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) The power under section 384(1) of AFA 2006 may be exercised so as to extend to any of the Channel Islands any amendment or repeal made by this Act of a provision of AFA 2006 (with or without modifications).

(2) This Act, with the exception of the provisions mentioned in subsection (3), extends to—

(a) the Isle of Man, and

(b) the British overseas territories, except Gibraltar.

(3) Subsection (2) refers to—

(a) section 9(1) to (14),

(b) section 10(10) and Schedule 3,

(c) section 17(5),

(d) section 18,

(e) section 19,

(f) section 21,

(g) paragraphs 1 to 6 of Schedule 2 (and section 9 (15), so far as it relates to those paragraphs),

(h) paragraphs 2 to 9 of Schedule 4 (and section 11 (5), so far as it relates to those paragraphs),

(i) paragraphs 1 to 23 and 33 to 52 of Schedule 5 (and section 12(5), so far as it relates to those paragraphs), and

(j) paragraphs 4 to 6 of Schedule 6 (and section 16, so far as it relates to those paragraphs).

(4) The power under section 384(2) of AFA 2006 may be exercised so as to modify any provision of AFA 2006, as amended by this Act, as it extends to the Isle of Man or a British overseas territory other than Gibraltar.

(5) The power under section 132(3) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 may be exercised so as to extend to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man any amendment or repeal made by this Act of a provision of that Act (with or without modifications).