The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2006

Contents

Article 1Citation, commencement and interpretation#

This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2006 and shall come into force on the 31st December 2006.

Article 2Application#

(1)The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall apply to investigations under the service discipline Acts of offences conducted by service policemen and to persons held in arrest in connection with such an investigation, subject to the modifications specified in column 2 of that Schedule.

(2)A service policeman means, for these purposes, a member of the Royal Navy Regulating Branch, the Royal Marines Police, the Royal Military Police, the Royal Air Force Police or the staff of the Royal Air Force Provost Marshal.

(3)The service discipline Acts are the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957.

(4)This Order applies wherever the investigation takes place.

Article 3Application#

For the purposes of this Order, Schedule 3 shall have effect.

Article 4Revocation#

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 1997 is revoked.

Schedule 1 · Application and Modification of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Schedule 2 · List of service offences which are also recordable service offences

Schedule 3 · Part V of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as modified by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2006

Searches of detained persons

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