UKPGA-2001-19 — Armed Forces Act 2001

preamble

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Part 1

Continuance of services Acts

s. 1 — Continuance of services Acts

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Part 2

Powers of entry, search and seizure

s. 2 — Powers to stop and search persons, vehicles etc

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s. 3 — Provisions relating to search under s. 2

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s. 4 — Power of commanding officer in relation to stopping and searching of persons, vehicles etc

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s. 5 — Power of judicial officer to authorise entry and search of certain premises

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s. 6 — Special provisions as to access

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s. 7 — Power of commanding officer to authorise entry and search of certain premises

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s. 8 — Review by judicial officer

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s. 9 — Entry for purpose of arrest etc

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s. 10 — Search upon arrest

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s. 11 — Power to make provision equivalent to that made by ss. 18 to 22 of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

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s. 12 — Property in possession of service police or commanding officer

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s. 13 — Orders and codes of practice under s. 113 of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

s. 13(1)

Section 113 of the 1984 Act (application of Act to armed forces) is amended as follows.

s. 13(2)

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s. 13(3)

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s. 13(4)

In subsection (4) for the words “enquiries into such offences” there is substituted “ the powers mentioned in subsection (3)(a) above or the enquiries mentioned in subsection (3)(b) above ”.

s. 14 — Power to use reasonable force

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s. 15 — Meaning of “service living accommodation”

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s. 16 — Part 2: supplementary provisions

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Part 3

Trial and punishment of offences

s. 17 — Summary dealing or trial and functions of prosecuting authority

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s. 18 — Abolition of naval disciplinary courts

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s. 19 — Membership of courts-martial

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s. 20 — Eligibility of warrant officers for membership of summary appeal courts

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s. 21 — Review of sentences by Courts-Martial Appeal Court

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s. 22 — Required custodial sentences

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s. 23 — Restriction of judicial review of courts-martial

s. 23(1)

Section 29 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54) (orders of mandamus, prohibition and certiorari) is amended as follows.

s. 23(2)

In subsection (1) at the beginning there is inserted “ Subject to subsection (3A), ”.

s. 23(3)

After subsection (3) there is inserted—

s. 24 — Offences in relation to courts-martial etc

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s. 25 — Powers to compel attendance of witnesses

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s. 26 — Provision for orders as to costs

s. 26(1)

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision empowering any of the Court Martial, the Summary Appeal Court, the Service Civilian Court and the Court Martial Appeal Court, in any case where the court is satisfied that one party to proceedings before that court has incurred costs as a result of an unnecessary or improper act or omission by, or on behalf of, another party to the proceedings, to make an order as to the payment of those costs.

s. 26(2)

Regulations under this section may, in particular—

s. 26(2)(a)

allow the making of such an order as is mentioned in subsection (1) at any time during the proceedings,

s. 26(2)(b)

make provision as to the account to be taken, in making such an order, of any other order as to costs which has been made in respect of the proceedings or any grant of representation for the purposes of the proceedings which has been made under the Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34) or under any legal aid scheme operated by any of Her Majesty’s forces,

s. 26(2)(c)

make provision as to the account to be taken of such an order as is mentioned in subsection (1) in the making of any other order as to costs in respect of the proceedings,

s. 26(2)(d)

contain provision in relation to the Service Civilian Court equivalent to that made by section 18(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) in relation to a magistrates’ court, subject to such modifications as the Secretary of State thinks fit, and

s. 26(2)(e)

make provision as to appeals against orders made by virtue of the regulations.

s. 26(3)

Regulations under this section shall provide—

s. 26(3)(a)

that a person against whom an order is made by the Court Martial under the regulations may appeal to the Court Martial Appeal Court;

s. 26(3)(b)

that a person against whom an order is made by the Summary Appeal Court or the Service Civilian Court under the regulations may appeal to the High Court in England and Wales.

s. 26(4)

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s. 27 — Costs against legal representatives etc

s. 27(1)

In any proceedings before—the court may disallow, or (as the case may be) order the legal or other representative concerned to meet, the whole of any wasted costs or such part of them as may be determined in accordance with regulations.

s. 27(1)(a)

the Court Martial,

s. 27(1)(b)

the Summary Appeal Court,

s. 27(1)(c)

the Service Civilian Court, or

s. 27(1)(d)

the Court Martial Appeal Court,

s. 27(2)

Regulations shall provide—

s. 27(2)(a)

that a legal or other representative against whom action is taken by the Court Martial under subsection (1) may appeal to the Court Martial Appeal Court;

s. 27(2)(b)

that a legal or other representative against whom action is taken by the Summary Appeal Court or the Service Civilian Court under subsection (1) may appeal to the High Court in England and Wales.

s. 27(3)

In this section—“legal or other representative”, in relation to any proceedings, means—a person who is exercising a right of audience, or a right to conduct litigation, on behalf of any party to the proceedings, or a person appointed under section 365 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (prosecuting officers);“regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State;“wasted costs” means any costs incurred by a party—as a result of any improper, unreasonable or negligent act or omission on the part of any representative or any employee of a representative; or which, in the light of any such act or omission occurring after they were incurred, the court considers it is unreasonable to expect that party to pay.

s. 28 — Provisions supplementary to ss. 26 and 27

s. 28(1)

Where any of Her Majesty’s forces incurs costs in respect of the exercise by the Director of Service Prosecutions (“the Director”) of his functions as a party to proceedings before a court mentioned in section 27(1), those costs shall, subject to any provision made by virtue of subsection (2), be taken for the purposes of sections 26 and 27 to have been incurred by the Director.

s. 28(2)

Regulations under section 26 or 27 may make provision—

s. 28(2)(a)

as to the costs incurred by any of Her Majesty’s forces which are or are not to be taken for the purposes of that section to have been incurred by the Director, and

s. 28(2)(b)

as to the person to whom, or account into which, any payment in respect of costs incurred by the Director is to be made.

s. 28(3)

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s. 28(4)

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s. 28(5)

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s. 29 — Custody

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s. 30 — Conditional release from custody

s. 30(1)

The Secretary of State may by order make provision enabling a person who has been sentenced by the Court Martial, the Summary Appeal Court or the Service Civilian Court (in this section referred to as “the convicted person”) to be released from custody subject to conditions pending a relevant determination.

s. 30(2)

In subsection (1), “relevant determination” means—

s. 30(2)(a)

in the case of a person sentenced by the Court Martial, the determination of an appeal to the Court Martial Appeal Court,

s. 30(2)(b)

in the case of a person sentenced by the Summary Appeal Court, the determination of an appeal to the High Court under section 149(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 or of any appeal from the High Court to the Supreme Court under section 1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 (c. 65), and

s. 30(2)(c)

in the case of a person sentenced by the Service Civilian Court, the determination of an appeal to the Court Martial or of an appeal from the Court Martial to the Court Martial Appeal Court.

s. 30(3)

An order under this section may, in particular, make provision—

s. 30(3)(a)

as to the court to which or person to whom any application for release from custody is to be made,

s. 30(3)(b)

as to the manner in which any such application is to be made,

s. 30(3)(c)

as to the criteria to be applied when making a decision under the order,

s. 30(3)(d)

as to the conditions that may be imposed,

s. 30(3)(e)

as to the enforcement of the attendance or return to custody of the convicted person,

s. 30(3)(f)

as to appeals against decisions taken under the order, and

s. 30(3)(g)

for the time during which the convicted person is released from custody to be disregarded in computing the term of any sentence to which he is for the time being subject.

s. 30(4)

An order under this section may—

s. 30(4)(a)

make provision equivalent to that made by any provision of the Bail Act 1976 (c. 63), the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) or the Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54) relating to bail in criminal proceedings, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order,

s. 30(4)(b)

make different provision in relation to different courts,

s. 30(4)(c)

confer powers of arrest,

s. 30(4)(d)

create service offences punishable by any of the punishments mentioned in the Table in section 164 of the Armed Forces Act 2006,

s. 30(4)(e)

make such amendments of the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968 or the Armed Forces Act 2006 as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or appropriate in consequence of the order.

s. 30(5A)

Where an order under this section creates an offence punishable with imprisonment, the maximum term it may authorise is two years.

s. 30(7)

In section 42 of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (bail) there are omitted—

s. 30(7)(a)

in subsection (1), the words “to whom this section applies”, and

s. 30(7)(b)

subsection (2).

Part 4

Miscellaneous and general

s. 31 — Power to make provision in consequence of enactments relating to criminal justice

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s. 32 — Powers to test for alcohol or drugs after serious incident

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s. 33 — Interpretation of s. 32

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s. 34 — Miscellaneous amendments

Schedule 6 (which contains miscellaneous amendments relating to the armed forces) shall have effect.

s. 35 — Orders and regulations

s. 35(1)

Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

s. 35(2)

A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provisions)—shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

s. 35(2)(a)

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s. 35(2)(b)

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s. 35(2)(c)

an order under section 30 ... which by virtue of section 30(4)(e) ... makes any provision adding to, replacing or omitting any part of the text of an Act,

s. 35(3)

A statutory instrument which contains—

s. 35(3)(a)

an order made by the Secretary of State under—

s. 35(3)(a)(i)

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s. 35(3)(a)(ii)

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s. 35(3)(a)(iii)

section 30,

s. 35(3)(a)(iv)

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s. 35(3)(a)(v)

... or

s. 35(3)(b)

regulations made by the Secretary of State under—and which is not subject to the requirement in subsection (2) that a draft of the instrument be laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

s. 35(3)(b)(i)

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s. 35(3)(b)(ii)

section 26, or

s. 35(3)(b)(iii)

section 27,

s. 35(4)

Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order or regulations under this Act includes power to make such incidental, consequential or transitional provision as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

s. 36 — Application to Channel Islands and Isle of Man

s. 36(1)

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s. 36(2)

Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (3) shall extend, with such exceptions and modifications as appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate, to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

s. 36(3)

The provisions referred to in subsection (2) are—

s. 36(3)(a)

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s. 36(3)(b)

sections 26 to 28,

s. 36(3)(c)

section 30,

s. 36(3)(d)

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s. 36(3)(e)

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s. 37 — Interpretation

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s. 38 — Repeals

The enactments specified in Schedule 7 (which includes enactments that are spent in consequence of section 21(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) or section 60 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c.23)) are repealed to the extent specified in that Schedule.

s. 39 — Short title and commencement

s. 39(1)

This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 2001.

s. 39(2)

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

s. 39(3)

The following provisions shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

s. 39(3)(a)

section 1,

s. 39(3)(b)

section 35,

s. 39(3)(c)

section 36,

s. 39(3)(d)

section 37,

s. 39(3)(e)

this section,

s. 39(3)(f)

Parts 4 and 5 of Schedule 6, and section 34 so far as relating to those Parts, and

s. 39(3)(g)

Parts 4 to 6 of Schedule 7, and section 38 so far as relating to those Parts.

s. 39(4)

The repeal by this Act of section 1 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c. 46) shall come into force on 1st September 2001.

s. 39(5)

An order under subsection (2) may appoint different days for different purposes.

s. 39(6)

An order under subsection (2) may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force by the order.

Sch 1

Summary dealing or trial and functions of prosecuting authority

Sch 1 para 1 — Army Act 1955 (c. 18)

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Sch 1 para 2

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Sch 1 para 4

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Sch 1 para 5 — Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

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Sch 1 para 6

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Sch 1 para 8

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Sch 1 para 9 — Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

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Sch 1 para 10

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Sch 1 para 17

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Sch 2

Membership of courts-martial

Sch 2 para 1 — Army Act 1955 (c. 18)

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Sch 2 para 2

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Sch 2 para 7

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Sch 2 para 8 — Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

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Sch 2 para 9

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Sch 2 para 10

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Sch 2 para 11

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Sch 2 para 12

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Sch 2 para 13

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Sch 2 para 14

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Sch 2 para 15 — Naval Discipline Act 1957

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Sch 2 para 16

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Sch 2 para 17

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Sch 2 para 18

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Sch 3

Required custodial sentences

Sch 3 para 1 — Army Act 1955 (c. 18) and Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

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Sch 3 para 2

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Sch 3 para 3

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Sch 3 para 4

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Sch 3 para 5 — Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

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Sch 3 para 6

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Sch 3 para 7

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Sch 4

Amendments relating to custody

Sch 4 para 1 — Army Act 1955 (c. 18) and Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

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Sch 4 para 2

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Sch 4 para 3

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Sch 4 para 4

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Sch 4 para 5

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Sch 4 para 6

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Sch 4 para 7

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Sch 4 para 8 — Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

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Sch 4 para 9

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Sch 4 para 10

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Sch 4 para 11

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Sch 5

Testing for alcohol or drugs

Sch 5 para 1 — Army Act 1955 (c. 18) and Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

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Sch 5 para 2

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Sch 5 para 3

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Sch 5 para 4

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Sch 5 para 5 — Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

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Sch 5 para 6

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Sch 5 para 7

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Sch 6

Miscellaneous amendments

Sch 6

Amendments of Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992

Sch 6 para 1

At the end of section 2 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (c. 34) (offences to which that Act applies) there is inserted—

Sch 6 para 2

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Sch 6 para 3

Sch 6 para 3(1)

Section 6 of that Act (interpretation etc.) is amended as follows.

Sch 6 para 3(2)

In subsection (1)—

Sch 6 para 3(2)(a)

after the definition of “complainant” there is inserted—and

Sch 6 para 3(2)(b)

after the definition of “relevant programme” there is inserted—.

Sch 6 para 3(3)

In subsection (3) after “accused of an offence” there is inserted “ , other than a service offence, ”.

Sch 6 para 3(4)

After subsection (3) there is inserted—

Sch 6 para 4

Sch 6 para 4(1)

Section 7 of that Act (application of Act in relation to courts-martial) is amended as follows.

Sch 6 para 4(2)

In subsection (1), for “section 2(1)” there is substituted “ section 2(4) ”.

Sch 6 para 4(3)

In subsection (2), paragraph (f) and the word “and” preceding it are omitted.

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Abolition of office of Deputy Judge Advocate

Sch 6 para 5 — Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (c. 46)

In section 30(1)(b) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (assistants to Judge Advocate General), there are omitted—

Sch 6 para 5(a)

the words “, and such number of officers to be known as Deputy Judge Advocates,”, and

Sch 6 para 5(b)

the words “in each case”.

Sch 6 para 6

In section 31 of that Act (qualifications of Judge Advocate General and assistants)—

Sch 6 para 6(a)

in subsection (2)—

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at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted “ or ”, and

Sch 6 para 6(a)(ii)

paragraph (d) and the word “or” preceding it are omitted,

Sch 6 para 6(b)

subsection (3) is omitted, and

Sch 6 para 6(c)

in subsection (4), for “, an Assistant Judge Advocate General or a Deputy Judge Advocate” there is substituted “ or an Assistant Judge Advocate General ”.

Sch 6 para 7

In section 32(1) of that Act (tenure of Judge Advocate General and assistants) for “, an Assistant Judge Advocate General or a Deputy Judge Advocate” there is substituted “ or an Assistant Judge Advocate General ”.

Sch 6 para 8 — House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) and Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)

In Part 3 of Schedule 1 to each of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (other disqualifying offices), in the entry beginning “Judge Advocate General”, for “, Assistant Judge Advocate General or Deputy Judge Advocate” there is substituted “ or Assistant Judge Advocate General ”.

Sch 6 para 9 — Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)

In Schedule 11 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (judges etc. barred from legal practice) in the entry relating to an Assistant or Deputy Judge Advocate General, the words “or Deputy” are omitted.

Sch 6 para 10 — Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)

In section 27(3) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (completion of proceedings after retirement), paragraph (f) is omitted.

Sch 6

Amendments of Reserve Forces Act 1996

Sch 6 para 11 — Delegation by Secretary of State of certain functions

In section 35(1) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14) (exercise of certain functions under section 32 or 33 of that Act) after “section” there is inserted “ 31, ”.

Sch 6 para 12 — Notice given by special member

In section 41 of that Act (cessation of liabilities), in subsection (4) the word “been” is omitted.

Sch 6 para 13 — Absence for voting

In section 125 of that Act (absence for voting), in paragraph (a), after “Member of the Scottish Parliament” there is inserted “ , a Member of the National Assembly for Wales, a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly ”.

Sch 6

Amendments consequential on section 21(5) of Human Rights Act 1998

Sch 6 para 14 — Army Act 1955 (c. 18) and Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

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Sch 6 para 15

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Sch 6 para 16

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Sch 6 para 18

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Sch 6 para 19 — Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

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Sch 6 para 20

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Sch 6 para 21

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Sch 6 para 22

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Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service and former Women’s Royal Naval Service

Sch 6 para 23 — Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

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Sch 6 para 24

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Sch 6 para 25 — Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52)

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Sch 6 para 26 — House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)

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Sch 6 para 27 — Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)

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Sch 6 para 28 — Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55)

Section 20(2) of, and Part 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Armed Forces Act 1981 (which apply to members of Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service provisions of the Armed Forces Act 1966 relating to discharge etc.) shall cease to have effect.

Sch 6 para 29 — Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

In section 622 of the Housing Act 1985, in the definition of “regular armed forces of the Crown”, for the words from “, the regular air force” to the end there is substituted “ or the regular air force as defined by section 223 of the Air Force Act 1955 ”.

Sch 6 para 30 — Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

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Other amendments

Sch 6 para 31 — Marriages in service chapels

In section 68 of the Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76) (solemnization of marriages in naval, military and air force chapels)—

Sch 6 para 31(a)

in subsection (2)(e), after “daughter” there is inserted “ , son, step-daughter or step-son ”, and

Sch 6 para 31(b)

in subsection (3), the words from “and the expression” to the end are omitted.

Sch 6 para 32 — Retirement age for assistants to Judge Advocate General

Sch 6 para 32(1)

In section 32(2) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (c. 46) (tenure of office of Judge Advocate General and assistants), for “sixty-five” there is substituted “ seventy ”.

Sch 6 para 32(2)

The amendment made by sub-paragraph (1) applies in relation to any such officer as is mentioned in section 30(1) of that Act (assistants to Judge Advocate General) whether appointed before or after the commencement of sub-paragraph (1).

Sch 6 para 33 — Sentence where penalty for civil offence fixed by law as life imprisonment

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Sch 6 para 34

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Sch 6 para 35 — Qualification for appointment as judicial officer

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Sch 6 para 36

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Sch 6 para 37 — Evidence given before boards of inquiry

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Sch 6 para 38

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Sch 6 para 39 — Compensation for loss

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Sch 6 para 40

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Sch 6 para 41 — Redress of complaints

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Sch 6 para 43

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Sch 6 para 44 — Civilian contractors attached to or accompanying armed forces

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Sch 6 para 45

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Sch 6 para 46 — Interpretation of references to “Royal Air Force Police”

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Sch 6 para 47

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Sch 6 para 48

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Sch 6 para 49 — Interpretation of references to a “constable”

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Sch 6 para 50 — Application to civilians

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Sch 6 para 51

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Sch 6 para 52

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Sch 6 para 53

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Sch 6 para 54 — Arrest of civilian whose sentence is deferred

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Sch 6 para 55 — Right of appeal to Courts-Martial Appeal Court

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Sch 6 para 56

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Sch 6 para 57 — Children in respect of whom protective orders may be made

In section 17 of the Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62) (power to make service family child assessment orders), for subsections (1) and (2) there is substituted—

Sch 6 para 58

In section 19 of that Act (power to make orders for the emergency protection of children of service families) for subsections (1) and (2) there is substituted—

Sch 6 para 59 — Amendment relating to abolition of naval disciplinary courts

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Repeals

Sch 7

Repeals relating to abolition of naval disciplinary courts

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Repeals relating to required custodial sentences

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Repeals relating to abolition of office of Deputy Judge Advocate

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Repeals consequential on Human Rights Act 1998

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Repeals consequential on Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

Sch 7

Repeals relating to Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service

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Other repeals

UKPGA-2001-19 Armed Forces Act 2001 UK

Powers to stop and search

Entry and search of premises

Powers exercisable on arrest

Seizure etc.

Supplementary

Provision equivalent to criminal justice enactments

Testing for alcohol or drugs

Miscellaneous amendments

General