Armed Forces Act 2006

86 Power to make provision as to access to excluded material etc U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may by order make provision enabling a service policeman to obtain access to excluded material or special procedure material on relevant residential premises, for the purpose of an investigation of a relevant offence, by making an application in accordance with the order to a judge advocate.

(2) An order under this section may in particular—

(a) provide for any provision of Schedule 1 to PACE (which relates to applications by constables to judges for access to excluded material or special procedure material) to apply (with modifications) for the purposes of the order;

(b) authorise the use, in connection with any application made by virtue of the order, of live television or telephone links or similar arrangements.

(3) In this section “relevant residential premises” means—

(a) service living accommodation; or

(b) premises occupied as a residence (alone or with other persons) by—

(i) a person subject to service law;

(ii) a civilian subject to service discipline; or

(iii) a person who is suspected of having committed the relevant offence concerned.

(4) In this section “excluded material”, “special procedure material” and “relevant offence” have the meanings given by section 84.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 86 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)