Article 14 Powers of arrest

Section 9 of the Armed Forces Act 2001^f1 (entry for purpose of arrest etc) is amended as follows.

For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4)

Subsection (3) applies to a person who is reasonably suspected of having committed the offence in respect of which the arrest is to be made while subject to service law, but has ceased to be so subject.”

In subsection (8), before paragraph (a) insert—

“(za)

the arrest is to be made under section 74 of either of the 1955 Acts or section 45 of the 1957 Act, and”.