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Armed Forces Bill

moved Amendment No. 69: Page 26, line 28, leave out subsections (5) and (6) and insert- ““(5) Subsection (6) applies to a person- (a) who ceases to be a civilian subject to service discipline by reason only of- (i) leaving an area designated for the purposes of Schedule 15; (ii) entering the British Islands; or (iii) leaving an area which a designation under paragraph 7 of Schedule 15 specifies as an area that he must be in for the designation to apply to him; and (b) who is residing or staying in a qualifying place at the time he does so. (6) As regards that time, and for so long after that time as he continues- (a) to reside or stay in a qualifying place, and (b) to be a person who is not a civilian subject to service discipline but who would be such a civilian if he were in a qualifying place, he is to be treated for the purposes of this section (apart from subsection (5)) as being such a civilian. (7) In subsections (5) and (6) ““in a qualifying place”” means- (a) in relation to a person who falls within subsection (5)(a) by reason of leaving an area designated for the purposes of Schedule 15, in any such area; (b) in relation to a person who falls within subsection (5)(a) by reason of entering the British Islands, outside the British Islands; (c) in relation to a person who falls within subsection (5)(a) by reason of leaving an area mentioned in subsection (5)(a)(iii), in that area.”” On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 58, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 59 and 60 agreed to.