{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-340J",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-340J.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/340J",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "340J",
  "heading": "Power to require information, documents and evidence",
  "text": "(1) The Armed Forces Commissioner may, for the purposes of an investigation under section 340H or 340IA, require a person to provide—\n(a) documents in the person's possession or control, or\n(b) other information in the person's possession or control.\n(2) The Commissioner has the same powers as the High Court (or, in Scotland, the Court of Session), for the purposes of an investigation, in respect of—\n(a) the attendance and examination of witnesses (including the examination of witnesses abroad), and\n(b) the production of documents.\n(3) A person may not be required under this section to do anything that the person could not be compelled to do in civil proceedings before the High Court (or, in Scotland, the Court of Session).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 14A inserted (1.1.2016) by Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 (c. 19), ss. 2(1), 7(1); S.I. 2015/1957, reg. 2 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/1969)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 340J(1) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 10(g); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 340J(1) inserted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 17; S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 340J(2) substituted (1.4.2026) by Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (c. 23), s. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(d); S.I. 2026/14, regs. 2, 4(e) (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/340J",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}