{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-375",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-375.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/375",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "375",
  "heading": "Definitions relating to the service police and other police forces",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “service police force” means—\n(a) the Royal Navy Police;\n(b) the Royal Military Police; or\n(c) the Royal Air Force Police;\nand “service policeman” means a member of a service police force.\n(1A) In this Act the “tri-service serious crime unit” means a unit under the direction of the Provost Marshal for serious crime, each member of which is a member of a service police force.\n(2) In this Act “UK police force” means—\n(a) the Ministry of Defence Police;\n(b) any police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) (police forces in England and Wales outside London);\n(c) the metropolitan police force;\n(d) the City of London police force;\n(e) the Police Service of Scotland;\n(f) the Police Service of Northern Ireland; or\n(g) the Isle of Man Constabulary.\n(3) In this Act “British overseas territory police force” means any force or body which—\n(a) is constituted in a British overseas territory; and\n(b) is engaged in the carrying on of activities similar to any carried on by a service police force or UK police force.\n(4) In this Act “overseas police force” means any force or body which—\n(a) is constituted outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man; and\n(b) is engaged in the carrying on of activities similar to any carried on by a service police force or UK police force.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 375 heading inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 12(4)(a), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 375(1A) inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 12(4)(b), 24(1); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 375(2)(e) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 56"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 375(5) repealed (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 3 para. 22, Sch. 5; S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(d)(f)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 375(2)-(4) in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/1650, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/375",
    "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."
}