# Armed Forces Act 2006, Section 67: Power of arrest for service offence

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A person who is reasonably suspected of being engaged in committing, or of having committed, a service offence may be arrested in accordance with subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) by a person subject to service law.
(2) An officer may be arrested under subsection (1)—
(a) by an officer of superior rank or, if engaged in a mutiny, quarrel or disorder, by an officer of any rank;
(b) by a service policeman; or
(c) by a person who is lawfully exercising authority on behalf of a provost officer, and who—
(i) is an officer; or
(ii) is acting on the order of an officer.
(3) A person of or below the rank or rate of warrant officer may be arrested under subsection (1)—
(a) by an officer;
(b) by a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of superior rank or rate;
(c) by a service policeman;
(d) by a person who is lawfully exercising authority on behalf of a provost officer; or
(e) if a member of a ship's company or an embarked force, by a person exercising authority as a member of the staff of the officer of the day.
(4) A civilian subject to service discipline may be arrested under subsection (1)—
(a) by an officer;
(b) by a service policeman; or
(c) by a person who is lawfully exercising authority on behalf of a provost officer.
(5) Where none of subsections (2) to (4) applies in relation to the person to be arrested, that person may be arrested under subsection (1) by a service policeman.
(6) The power of arrest conferred on any person by this section may be exercised—
(a) personally;
(b) by giving orders for the arrest of the person who is to be arrested; or
(c) where that person is subject to service law, by ordering him into arrest.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/67 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-67
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