The Armed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

Made: 24th November 2022

Coming into force: 5th December 2022

In accordance with section 373(3)(c) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Armed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 5th December 2022.

• (3) The amendments made by these Regulations have the same extent as the provision being amended.

Amendment of the Armed Forces (Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Regulations 2009

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• (1) The Armed Forces (Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Regulations 2009[^f00002] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 8(1) (referral of case to Director of Service Prosecutions by service police: commanding officer documents and information), after “service police force”, in both places it appears, insert “or the tri-service serious crime unit[^f00003]”.

Signed

Andrew Murrison — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Defence — 24th November 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations make amendments to regulation 8(1) of the Armed Forces (Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2055), which are consequential upon the enactment of section 12 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35) (framework for establishment of the tri-service serious crime unit) and the establishment of the tri-service serious crime unit.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c. 52.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2009/2055.

[^f00003]: For the meaning of “tri-service serious crime unit” see section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006. Section 375(1A) was inserted by section 12(4) of the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35).