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Armed Forces Act 2006, Section 68 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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68Section 67: supplementaryU.K.
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(1)In section 67(2)(a) the reference to being engaged in a mutiny is a reference to committing an offence under section 6.
(2)For the purposes of section 67(3), a person who—
(a)is suspected of having committed a service offence while a member of Her Majesty's forces, and
(b)is not a member of Her Majesty's forces or a civilian subject to service discipline,
is to be treated in relation to the offence as being of the rank or rate which he held when he was last a member of Her Majesty's forces.
(3)For the purposes of section 67(4), a person who—
(a)is suspected of having committed a service offence while a civilian subject to service discipline, and
(b)is not a member of Her Majesty's forces or a civilian subject to service discipline,
is to be treated in relation to the offence as if he were a civilian subject to service discipline.
(4)Where a person may be charged (within the meaning of section 61(1)) with an offence only with the consent of the Attorney General (see section 61(2)), section 67(1) has effect in relation to the offence as if for the words from “in accordance with” to the end there were substituted “ by a service policeman ” (and as if section 67(2) to (5) were omitted).
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