Armed Forces Act 2006

Amendments of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995

9 (1) Section 22 of that Act (meaning of “public body” etc) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4) (meaning of “the appropriate person”), after “means” insert “, subject to subsection (4B)”.

(3) After subsection (4) add—

“(4A) Subsection (4B) applies in relation to—

(a) the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the Royal Fleet Reserve, the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Marines Reserve,

(b) the regular army (within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006), the Army Reserve and the Territorial Army, and

(c) the Royal Air Force, the Royal Air Force Reserve and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

(4B) In relation to a public body mentioned in subsection (4A), “the appropriate person” means—

(a) in section 17, the Secretary of State;

(b) in sections 19 and 20—

(i) in the case of a body mentioned in subsection (4A)(a), the Provost Marshal for the Royal Navy Police,

(ii) in the case of a body mentioned in subsection (4A)(b), the Provost Marshal for the Royal Military Police,

(iii) in the case of a body mentioned in subsection (4A)(c), the Provost Marshal for the Royal Air Force Police.

(4C) In section 19 “service police force” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006.”