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80 Part 3—General :(c) in section 110(3)(a), the references to the Crown Court and Court of Appeal are references to the Crown Court and Court of Appeal in England and Wales.

(4) In this section “service court” means a court-martial or Standing Civilian Court.

138 Orders and regulations

(1) Any power to make orders or regulations conferred by this Act on the Secretary of State is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations under section 21, 86 or 130 may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(3) Any other statutory instrument, except one containing an order under section 141, is to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

139 Minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 6 contains minor and consequential amendments.

140 Repeals and revocations

The provisions listed in Schedule 7 are repealed or revoked to the extent specified.

141 Commencement

(1) This Act, except this section and sections 138, 142 and 143, comes into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order.

(2) An order under subsection (1) may—
 * (a) make different provision for different purposes;
 * (b) include supplementary, incidental, saving or transitional provisions.

142 Extent, saving etc.

(1) Subject to section 137 and to subsections (2) to (4), this Act extends to England and Wales only.

(2) The following provisions also extend to Northern Ireland—
 * (a) sections 15 to 24, 46 to 54, 57 to 60, 66 to 72, 78 and 79,
 * (b) Schedule 2,
 * (c) Part 2, and
 * (d) sections 138, 141, 143 and this section.

(3) The following provisions also extend to Scotland—
 * (a) Part 2 except sections 93 and 123 to 129 and Schedule 4, and
 * (b) sections 138, 141, 143 and this section.

(4) Unless otherwise provided, any amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent as the provision to which it relates.