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The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008

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13.—(1) Section 225(1) of the Army Act 1955, section 223(1) of the Air Force Act 1955 and section 135(1) of the 1957 Act (general interpretation) are amended as follows.

(2) For the definition of “provost officer”, substitute—

“provost officer” means an officer (of any of Her Majesty’s forces) who is a service policeman;.

(3) Insert in the appropriate place—

“service policeman” means anyone who is, or by reason of section 375(5) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) is to be treated as, a service policeman for the purposes of that Act;.(1)

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“Service policeman” is defined by section 375(1) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, and the definition is extended by section 375(5) of that Act. Section 375(1) and (5) were brought into force on 1st January 2008 by the Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2913 (C. 115)), article 3.

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