# The Maritime Enforcement Powers (Specification of the Royal Navy Police) Regulations 2020

S.I. 2020/1554 · made 16 December 2020

These Regulations provide that members of the Royal Navy Police are persons of a specified description, and are therefore law enforcement officers, for the purposes of section 84(3)(g) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c.3). This enables Royal Navy Police to exercise the maritime enforcement powers given to law enforcement officers in Chapter 5 of Part 4 of that Act.

Made under: Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Section 84)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/maritime-enforcement-powers-specification-of-the-royal-navy-police-regulations-2020/pdf/uksi_20201554_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/maritime-enforcement-powers-specification-of-the-royal-navy-police-regulations-2020/pdf/uksiem_20201554_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Defence
Made 16th December 2020
Laid before Parliament 17th December 2020
Coming into force 7th January 2021
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 84(3)(g) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017:

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Maritime Enforcement Powers (Specification of the Royal Navy Police) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 7th January 2021.

## 2 Specification of Royal Navy Police

A member of the Royal Navy Police is a person of a specified description for the purposes of section 84(3)(g) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (application of maritime enforcement powers: England and Wales).

## Signature

Ben Wallace
Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence
16th December 2020

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide that members of the Royal Navy Police are persons of a specified description, and are therefore law enforcement officers, for the purposes of section 84(3)(g) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c.3). This enables Royal Navy Police to exercise the maritime enforcement powers given to law enforcement officers in Chapter 5 of Part 4 of that Act.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

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