Regulation 3 Amendment of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Armed Forces) Order 2009

(1)

The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Armed Forces) Order 2009^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 1, in paragraph (2), after the definition of “service police force”, insert—

““tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the 2006 Act.”;

(3)

In the Schedule—

(a)

in paragraph 2(1)—

(i)

in the definition of “disclosure officer”, in sub-paragraph (a), after “service police force”, insert “or the tri-service serious crime unit”;

(ii)

at the end insert—

““tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the 2006 Act”;

(b)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (1), after “service police force”, insert “or the tri-service serious crime unit”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (3), for “is”, in the first place it appears, substitute “and the Provost Marshal for serious crime are”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (7), after “service police force concerned”, insert “, or, as the case may be, the tri-service serious crime unit,”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 2009/989; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.