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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2016/schedule/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/21",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 314 (arrest by civilian police of deserters and absentees without leave) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), for “An officer of a UK police force or British overseas territory police force” substitute “ A civilian policeman ”.\n(3) After subsection (4) insert—\n“(4A) In this section “civilian policeman” means an officer of a UK police force or British overseas territory police force, other than a force or body constituted in Gibraltar.”\n(4) In subsection (5)(e), at the end insert “ other than Gibraltar ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/21/schedule/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:13.338550+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."
}