375Definitions relating to [the service police and other] police forcesU.K.
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(1)In this Act “service police force” means—
(a)the Royal Navy Police;
(b)the Royal Military Police; or
(c)the Royal Air Force Police;
and “service policeman” means a member of a service police force.
[(1A)In this Act the “tri-service serious crime unit” means a unit under the direction of the Provost Marshal for serious crime, each member of which is a member of a service police force.]
(2)In this Act “UK police force” means—
(a)the Ministry of Defence Police;
(b)any police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) (police forces in England and Wales outside London);
(c)the metropolitan police force;
(d)the City of London police force;
[(e)the Police Service of Scotland;]
(f)the Police Service of Northern Ireland; or
(g)the Isle of Man Constabulary.
(3)In this Act “British overseas territory police force” means any force or body which—
(a)is constituted in a British overseas territory; and
(b)is engaged in the carrying on of activities similar to any carried on by a service police force or UK police force.
(4)In this Act “overseas police force” means any force or body which—
(a)is constituted outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man; and
(b)is engaged in the carrying on of activities similar to any carried on by a service police force or UK police force.
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