{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-1997/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "APPLICATION AND MODIFICATION OF THE ACT",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nProvisions applied\nModifications\nIn section 34—\nsubsection (1)\n(i) in paragraph (a)—\nthe omission of the words “at any time before he was charged with the offence,”;\nfor the word “constable” there shall be substituted the words “service policeman”;\nafter the word “committed,” there shall be inserted the words “or during the taking of evidence as a preliminary to the trial of the offence by court-martial,”; and\n(ii) in paragraph (b)—\nafter the word “charged” there shall be inserted the words “by a service policeman”;\nafter the word “informed” there shall be inserted the words “by a service policeman”;\nsubsection (2), except paragraphs (a) and (b)\nin paragraph (d), the omission of the words “or jury”;\nsubsections (3) and (5)\nsubsection (6)\nfor the words “the commencement of this section” there shall be substituted the words “the coming into force of the 1997 Order”.\nIn section 35—\nsubsection (1)\nfor the words “legal representative” there shall be substituted the word “representative”;\nsubsection (2)\nthe omission of the words “( in the case of proceedings on indictment, in the presence of the jury)” and of the words “or jury”;\nsubsection (3)\nthe omission of the words “or jury”;\nsubsections (4), (5) and (6)\nsubsection (7)\nfor the words following the word “applies” there shall be substituted the words “only if the time when the court begins to receive evidence in the proceedings falls after the coming into force of the 1997 Order”.\nIn section 36—\nsubsection (1)\nfor the word “constable” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted the words “service policeman”;\nsubsection (2), except paragraphs (a) and (b)\nin paragraph (d), the words “or jury” shall be omitted;\nsubsection (3)\nsubsection (4)\nfor the word “constable” there shall be substituted the words “service policeman”;\nsubsection (6)\nsubsection (7)\nfor the words “the commencement of this section” there shall be substituted the words “the coming into force of the 1997 Order”.\nIn section 37—\nsubsection (1)\nfor the word “constable” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted the words “service policeman”;\nsubsection (2), except paragraphs (a) and (b)\nin paragraph (d), the words “or jury” shall be omitted;\nsubsection (3)\nfor the word “constable” there shall be substituted the words “service policeman”;\nsubsection (5)\nsubsection (6)\nfor the words “the commencement of this section” there shall be substituted the words “the coming into force of the 1997 Order”.\nIn section 38—\nsubsection (1)\n(i) the omission of the definition of “legal representative”; and\n(ii) the insertion of the following definitions in the appropriate places—\n““court” in relation to any proceedings whereby a charge is tried summarily shall include any person or body trying the charge;\n“the 1997 Order” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/16);\n“service policeman” means a member of the Royal Navy Regulating Branch, the Royal Marines Police, the Royal Military Police, the Royal Air Force Police or the staff of the Royal Air Force Provost Marshal”;\nsubsection (2)\nsubsection (3)\nthe omission of the words “have the proceedings against him transferred to the Crown Court for trial,”;\nsubsections (5) and (6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/1861",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Police Amendments) Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/16/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:11.760400+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."
}