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The Armed Forces (Custody Without Charge) Regulations 2009

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2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;

“arresting officer” means—

(a)

a person who arrests a person under section 67;

(b)

a service policeman who arrests a person under section 69(1); or

(c)

the person who is responsible for receiving a person transferred into service custody under section 313(4), 315(4)(a) 316(3)(a)(i) or (b) or 317(4);

“assisting officer” has the meaning given in regulation 7;

“authorising officer” means the commanding officer or a person exercising functions delegated under regulation 3;

“civilian policeman” means a member of a UK or British overseas territory police force;

“custody” means service custody and is to be construed in accordance with sections 98 to 102;

“the relevant time” means—

(a)

in relation to a person arrested under section 67 or section 69(1) or arrested by a civilian policeman and subsequently transferred into custody under sections 313(4), 316(3) or 317(4), the time of the arrest; or

(b)

in relation to a person delivered into custody following surrender under section 315, the time of the surrender;

“service court” means the Court Martial, the Service Civilian Court or the Court Martial Appeal Court; and

“unit” means—

(a)

a naval ship or establishment;

(b)

any body of members of Her Majesty’s forces formed under the command of a person appointed to be the commanding officer of the body; or

(c)

an air force station.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is to that section of the Act unless otherwise stated.

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