# The Armed Forces (Evidence of Illegal Absence and Transfer to Service Custody) Regulations 2009, Regulation 2: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) In these Regulations
“the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;
“authorised person” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7;
“civilian policeman” means a member of a UK police force or a British overseas territories police force;
“illegal absence” means absence without leave or desertion, and “illegally absent” shall be construed accordingly;
“relevant person” means—
(a) a person subject to service law who is suspected of being illegally absent or
(b) the person who is arrested under a warrant issued under section 317(1) of the Act;
“service custody” has the same meaning as in sections 313 to 319 of the Act; and
“unit” means—
(a) a naval ship or establishment;
(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;
(c) an air force station.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1108/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-evidence-of-illegal-absence-and-transfer-to-service-custody-regulations-2009/regulation-2
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