{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-97.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/97",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Power to use reasonable force",
  "text": "(1) Where a power is conferred on any person by or under this Part, he may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the power.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to powers conferred by Chapter 3A of this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 97(1): s. 97 renumbered as s. 97(1) (1.11.2013) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 4 para. 8(1); S.I. 2013/2501, art. 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 97(2) inserted (1.11.2013) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 4 para. 8(2); S.I. 2013/2501, art. 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 97 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 97 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/97",
    "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."
}