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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporate-manslaughter-and-corporate-homicide-act-2007/section-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/19",
  "legislation_title": "Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporate-manslaughter-and-corporate-homicide-act-2007",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Application to armed forces",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “the armed forces” means any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown raised under the law of the United Kingdom.\n(2) For the purposes of section 2 a person who is a member of the armed forces is to be treated as employed by the Ministry of Defence.\n(3) A reference in this Act to members of the armed forces includes a reference to—\n(a) members of the reserve forces (within the meaning given by section 1(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14)) when in service or undertaking training or duties;\n(b) persons serving on Her Majesty's vessels (within the meaning given by section 132(1) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/401, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/19/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:38.238479+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."
}