Article 2 Application

The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall apply to investigations under the service discipline Acts of offences conducted by service policemen and to persons held in arrest in connection with such an investigation, subject to the modifications specified in column 2 of that Schedule.

A service policeman means, for these purposes, 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.

The service discipline Acts are the Army Act 1955^f1, the Air Force Act 1955^f2 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957^f3.

This Order applies wherever the investigation takes place.