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Defence Act 1990

Miscellaneous provisions

98: Execution of instruments, etc

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"Making official decisions or orders in the Defence Force"

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You can make orders or decisions under the Defence Act 1990 if you are authorised to do so. You can also give instructions or make decisions if you are employed in the Defence Force or the Ministry of Defence and you are authorised. The Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 also allows you to make these orders or decisions if you are authorised.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

98Execution of instruments, etc

  1. Except as may be prescribed from time to time, any order, direction, instruction, or decision required or authorised by or under this Act or by the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 to be made, given, or executed by a person who is employed in the Defence Force or the Ministry of Defence may be made, given, or executed by any person authorised by or under this Act for the purpose; and any instrument containing any such order, direction, instruction, or decision and purporting to be signed by a person stated in the instrument to be so authorised shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be evidence in all courts and proceedings and for all other purposes that the person who signed it had the necessary authority to do so.