Armed Forces Act 2006

86Power to make provision as to access to excluded material etcU.K.
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[F1(1)The Secretary of State may by order make provision that enables a service policeman, for the purposes of an investigation of a relevant offence and by making an application to a judge advocate in accordance with the order—

(a)to obtain access to excluded material or special procedure material on relevant residential premises; or

(b)to obtain access to material (other than items subject to legal privilege) on premises other than relevant residential premises.

(2)An order under this section (an “enabling order”) may in particular—

(a)so far as it relates to obtaining access to material on relevant residential premises, make provision equivalent to any provision of Schedule 1 to PACE (special procedure for obtaining production orders and warrants);

(b)so far as it relates to obtaining access to material on premises other than relevant residential premises, make provision equivalent to any provision of paragraphs 1 to 11 of that Schedule (special procedure for obtaining production orders);

(c)make provision equivalent to section 311(2) and (3) of this Act (certification to civil court of offences akin to contempt) in relation to a failure by a person within section 309(6) to comply with an order made by a judge advocate under the enabling order;

(d)authorise the use, in connection with any application made by virtue of the enabling order, of live television or telephone links or similar arrangements.

(2A)Any power under subsection (2) to make provision which is equivalent to another provision includes power to make provision which is equivalent subject to such modifications as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.]

(3)In this section “relevant residential premises” means—

(a)service living accommodation; or

(b)premises occupied as a residence (alone or with other persons) by—

(i)a person subject to service law;

(ii)a civilian subject to service discipline; or

(iii)a person who is suspected of having committed the relevant offence concerned.

[F2(4)In this section the following expressions have the meanings given by section 84—

  • “excluded material”;

  • “items subject to legal privilege”;

  • “relevant offence”;

  • “special procedure material”.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 86(1)-(2A) substituted for s. 86(1)(2) (8.3.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 8(2), 32(3); S.I. 2012/669, art. 3(a)

Commencement Information

I1S. 86 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

I2S. 86 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4