# The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Armed Forces) Order 2008, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Armed Forces) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st April 2008.
(2) In this Order—
(a) “the Code” means the code of practice set out in the Schedule;
(b) “material” means material of all kinds, including information and objects;
(c) “service court” means a court-martial under any of the Service Discipline Acts or a Standing Civilian Court;
(d) “Service Discipline Acts” means the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957;
(e) “service investigation” means an investigation conducted by a service policeman with a view to it being ascertained—
(i) whether a person should be charged with a service offence, or
(ii) whether a person charged with a service offence is guilty of it;
(f) “service offence” means an offence under a provision of any of the Service Discipline Acts; and
(g) “service police force” means the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police or the Royal Air Force Police.
(3) In this Order—
(a) subject to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), “service policeman” means a member of a service police force;
(b) a Provost Marshal is to be taken to be a member of the appropriate service police force (if he is not a member of that force);
(c) an officer in the Royal Air Force or the Royal Auxiliary Air Force who is appointed to exercise functions conferred by or under the Air Force Act 1955 on service policemen is to be taken to be a member of the Royal Air Force Police.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/648/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-code-of-practice-armed-forces-order-2008/article-1
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