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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1922",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) Order 2009",
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  "number": "15",
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  "text": "(1) Where an authorising service policeman (within the meaning of the 1984 Act) has authorised under section 63(3)(b) of the 1984 Act a non-intimate sample to be taken—\n(a) the reference in article 13(4)(b) to an authorising service policeman authorising the taking of such a sample includes a reference to the authorisation under section 63(3)(b);\n(b) the reference in article 13(9) to an authorisation under article 13(4) includes a reference to an authorisation under section 63(3)(b), unless the service policeman who gave that authorisation has confirmed it in writing under section 63(5) of the 1984 Act; and\n(c) the reference in article 13(11) to an authorisation includes a reference to an authorisation under section 63(3)(b), unless with respect to that authorisation a service policeman complied with section 63(6) and (7) of the 1984 Act.\n(2) The reference in article 13(7) to a person to whom section 169 of the Act applies includes a reference to a person—\n(a) to whom section 116A of the Army Act 1955, section 116A of the Air Force Act 1955 or section 63A of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 applied immediately before commencement; and\n(b) from whom a non-intimate sample has not been taken under section 63(3C) of the 1984 Act.\n(3) For the purposes of article 13(12), a non-intimate sample taken from a person by virtue of section 63(3) of the 1984 Act shall be treated as such a sample taken from a person by virtue of article 13(4), unless with respect to the sample a service policeman has complied with section 63(8) of the 1984 Act.\n(4) Where by virtue of section 63(2A), (3A), (3B) or (3C) a sample was taken from a person without the appropriate consent, article 13(14)(b) shall apply as if it were a sample taken by virtue by virtue of article 13(3), (5), (6) or (7), unless with respect to the sample section 63(8A)(b) has been complied with.\n(5) Where a non-intimate sample was taken before commencement from a person at a service police establishment, article 13(15)(b) shall apply with respect to the sample, unless section 63(8B)(b) has been complied with.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2282",
      "affecting_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2505",
      "affecting_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/2554",
      "affecting_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 2 para. 17(5)",
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      "affecting_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 2013"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:08:26.107769+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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