SCHEDULE 4Application of Part 1 of 2016 Act in relation to service offences etc.

Deserters and absentees without leave surrendering to constable4

Where a person surrenders to a constable as being a person subject to service law who has deserted or is absent without leave, section 3 of the 2016 Act (information to be given on arrest) applies with the following modifications—

a

for “When a constable arrests a person” substitute “When a person surrenders to a constable as being a person subject to service law who has deserted or is absent without leave”;

b

for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

a

that the person has surrendered as being a person subject to service law who has deserted or (as the case may be) who is absent without leave, and

c

in paragraph (d) omit “other than to give the information specified in section 34(4),”;

d

omit paragraph (e).