{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-93C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-93C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/93C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "93C",
  "heading": "Preliminary impairment test",
  "text": "(1) A preliminary impairment test is a procedure under which a service policeman—\n(a) observes the affected person performing tasks specified by the service policeman; and\n(b) makes such other observations of the affected person's physical state as the service policeman thinks expedient.\n(2) A preliminary impairment test may be administered only—\n(a) at or near the place where the requirement to co-operate with the test is imposed;\n(b) at a service police establishment determined by the service policeman; or\n(c) at a medical establishment.\n(3) The Provost Marshals (acting jointly) must issue, and may from time to time revise, a code of practice about—\n(a) the kind of task that may be specified for the purposes of a preliminary impairment test;\n(b) the kind of observation of physical state that may be made in the course of a preliminary impairment test;\n(c) the way in which a preliminary impairment test should be administered; and\n(d) the inferences that may be drawn by a service policeman from observations made in the course of a preliminary impairment test.\n(4) In subsection (3) “the Provost Marshals” means—\n(a) the Provost Marshals of each of the service police forces, and\n(b) the Provost Marshal for serious crime.\n(5) A service policeman administering a preliminary impairment test must have regard to the code of practice.\n(6) A service policeman may administer a preliminary impairment test only if the service policeman is approved for that purpose by a Provost Marshal of a service police force or the Provost Marshal for serious crime.\n(7) A code of practice under this section may include provision about—\n(a) the giving of approval under subsection (6); and\n(b) in particular, the kind of training that a service policeman should have undergone, or the kind of qualification that a service policeman should possess, before being approved under that subsection.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 Ch. 3A inserted (8.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 11(1), 32(3); S.I. 2012/669, art. 3(c); S.I. 2013/2501, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 93C(1)(a) substituted (19.7.2018 for specified purposes, 1.1.2019 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21), ss. 2(5), 19(1); S.I. 2018/876, reg. 2(a)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 93C(1)(b) substituted (19.7.2018 for specified purposes, 1.1.2019 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21), ss. 2(5), 19(1); S.I. 2018/876, reg. 2(a)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 93C(4)(a)(b) substituted for words (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 para. 25(2); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 93C(6) 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), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 para. 25(3); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/93C",
    "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."
}