{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-without-charge-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-without-charge-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1097",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Custody Without Charge) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-without-charge-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;\n“arresting officer” means—\n(a) a person who arrests a person under section 67;\n(b) a service policeman who arrests a person under section 69(1); or\n(c) the person who is responsible for receiving a person transferred into service custody under section 313(4), 315(4)(a) 316(3)(a)(i) or (b) or 317(4);\n“assisting officer” has the meaning given in regulation 7;\n“authorising officer” means the commanding officer or a person exercising functions delegated under regulation 3;\n“civilian policeman” means a member of a UK or British overseas territory police force;\n“custody” means service custody and is to be construed in accordance with sections 98 to 102;\n“the relevant time” means—\n(a) in relation to a person arrested under section 67 or section 69(1) or arrested by a civilian policeman and subsequently transferred into custody under sections 313(4), 316(3) or 317(4), the time of the arrest; or\n(b) in relation to a person delivered into custody following surrender under section 315, the time of the surrender;\n“service court” means the Court Martial, the Service Civilian Court or the Court Martial Appeal Court; and\n“unit” means—\n(a) a naval ship or establishment;\n(b) any body of members of Her Majesty’s forces formed under the command of a person appointed to be the commanding officer of the body; or\n(c) an air force station.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is to that section of the Act unless otherwise stated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 31.10.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1097/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:41.810594+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."
}