51(1)Section 15 of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (application of Act to service police) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (3)(c) substitute—
“(c)references to an equivalent appropriate officer are to be read as follows—
(i)where the person who applied for the order or, as the case may be, made the application (“the applicant”) was a member of the tri-service serious crime unit, as references to a member of that unit;
(ii)in any other case, as references to a member of the same service police force as the applicant who is not a member of that unit.”
(3)In subsection (7), at the appropriate place insert—
““tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 51 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(1)
I2Sch. 5 para. 51 in force at 1.5.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e)
I3Sch. 5 para. 51 in force at 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4