In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;

• “arresting officer” means—

  1. a

     a person who arrests a person under section 67;

  2. b

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

  3. 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—

  1. 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

  2. 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—

  1. a

     a naval ship or establishment;

  2. 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

  3. c

     an air force station.

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