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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2011/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2011/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/18",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2011",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provost Marshal's duty in relation to independence of investigations",
  "text": "After section 115 of AFA 2006 insert—\nProvost Marshal's duty in relation to independence of investigations\nProvost Marshal's duty in relation to independence of investigations\n115A (1) This section applies in relation to each service police force.\n(2) The Provost Marshal of the force has a duty, owed to the Defence Council, to seek to ensure that all investigations carried out by the force are free from improper interference.\n(3) “Improper interference” includes, in particular, any attempt by a person who is not a service policeman to direct an investigation which is being carried out by the force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 2.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/18/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:03:12.678405+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}