https://legal.excellentwiki.com/uk/military-law/ Recent content in military law on ExcellentWiki - Legal Encyclopedia Hugo en-US Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/uk/military-law/uk-military-law/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/uk/military-law/uk-military-law/ <h2 id="the-statutory-framework-armed-forces-act-2006">The Statutory Framework: Armed Forces Act 2006</h2> <p>The principal legislative instrument governing British military law is the <strong>Armed Forces Act 2006</strong> (AFA 2006), which received royal assent on 8 November 2006 and came fully into force on 31 October 2009. This consolidating statute replaced three separate systems of service law — the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955, and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 — with a single, unified system applicable to all three branches of the armed forces. The AFA 2006 represented the most significant peacetime reform of British military justice in over half a century, harmonising procedural rules, offences, and sentencing across the services.</p>