Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

82 Part VIII— interpretation. U.K.

(1) In this Part of this Act—

• “confession”, includes any statement wholly or partly adverse to the person who made it, whether made to a person in authority or not and whether made in words or otherwise;

• [F1 “court-martial” means a court-martial constituted under the M1 Army Act 1955, the M2 Air Force Act 1955 or the M3 Naval Discipline Act 1957F2 . . . ;]

• “proceedings” means criminal proceedings, including [F3 service proceedings;]

• “Service court” means [F4 the Court Martial or the Service Civilian Court].

[F5 (1A) In subsection (1) “service proceedings” means proceedings before a court (other than a civilian court) in respect of a service offence; and “service offence” and “civilian court” here have the same meanings as in the Armed Forces Act 2006.]

(2) [F6 In this Part of this Act references to conviction before a Service court are [F7 references to a finding of guilty which is, or falls to be treated as, the finding of the court; and]“convicted” shall be construed accordingly.]

(3) Nothing in this Part of this Act shall prejudice any power of a court to exclude evidence (whether by preventing questions from being put or otherwise) at its discretion.

Extent Information

E1 S. 82 extends to England and Wales only with exceptions as regards courts martial, see s. 120(1)(6)-(8)

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 82(1): definition of "court-martial" repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 104(2)(a), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

F2 Words in s. 82(1) repealed (28.2.2002) by 2001 c. 19, s. 38, Sch. 7 Pt. I; S.I. 2002/345, art. 2 (subject to art. 3)

F3 S. 82(1): words in definition of "Proceedings" substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) for "paragraphs (a) to (c)" by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383 {Sch. 16 para. 104(2)(b)}; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

F4 S. 82(1): words in definition of "Service Court" substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383 {Sch. 16 para. 104(2)(c)}; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

F5 S. 82(1A) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 104(3); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

F6 S. 82(2) repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 104(4), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

F7 Words in s. 82(2) substituted (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 46, s. 35(1), Sch. 6 para. 14; S.I. 1997/304, art. 2 (with savings in art 3(3) and transitional provisions in art. 4, Sch. 2 para. 1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 82(1) modified (24.4.2009 for certain purposes and prosp. otherwise) by The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), arts. 1(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 28(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1955 c. 18.

M2 1955 c. 19.

M3 1957 c. 53.