Part 5Investigation, Charging and Mode of Trial

Chapter 1Investigation

F1Provost Marshal's duty in relation to independence of investigations

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S. 115A and cross-heading inserted (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 3, 32(3); S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(a)

115AProvost Marshal's duty in relation to independence of investigations

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F2This sectionF2Subsection (2) applies in relation to each service police force.

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The Provost Marshal of the force has a duty, owed to the Defence Council, to seek to ensure that all investigations carried out by the force are free from improper interference.

F32A

The Provost Marshal for serious crime has a duty, owed to the Defence Council, to seek to ensure that all investigations carried out by the tri-service serious crime unit are free from improper interference.

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Improper interference” includes, in particular, any attempt by a person who is not a service policeman to direct an investigation which is being carried out by the force F4or (as the case may be) the unit.