National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939

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The National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 was a UK law that introduced full wartime conscription for military service at the outset of the Second World War.

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National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom legislation
appliedDuring British home front during World War II
surface form: Second World War in the United Kingdom
appliesIn British home front during World War II
surface form: United Kingdom home front during World War II
appliesTo male British subjects
belongsTo corpus of British wartime emergency legislation
category United Kingdom military law
World War II legislation of the United Kingdom
context World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
enablingPowerFor compulsory enlistment into the armed forces
field military conscription law
public law
geographicScope United Kingdom
surface form: Great Britain and Northern Ireland
historicalPeriod World War II era
introducedBy UK government
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
isPartOf United Kingdom conscription laws
jurisdiction England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
languageOfDocument English
legalEffect imposed compulsory military service on eligible civilians
legalSystem English law
Northern Ireland law
Scots law (to a limited extent)
surface form: Scots law
legislativeBody British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
purpose to introduce full wartime conscription for military service
regulates obligations of civilians to serve in the armed forces during wartime
relatedTo Military Training Act 1939
National Service in the United Kingdom
surface form: National Service Act 1948
replacedPolicy peacetime limited conscription arrangements in the UK
shortTitle National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 self-link
status historic legislation
subjectMatter conscription
military service
triggeredBy outbreak of the Second World War
typeOfService armed forces service
warTimeMeasure true
yearEnacted 1939

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Military Training Act 1939 repealedBy National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939
Military Training Act 1939 relatedTo National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939
National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 shortTitle National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 self-link