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The Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It came into force on 31 October 2009. It replaces the three separate Service Discipline Acts (the Army Act 1955 ( 3 & 4 Eliz. 2 .
The main Offences against military law in the United Kingdom are set out in the Armed Forces Act 2006. [1] The offences fall into two main categories, discipline offences and criminal conduct offences.
The military courts of the United Kingdom are governed by the Armed Forces Act 2006. [1] [2] [3] The system set up under the Act applies to all three armed services: the Royal Navy (RN) (including the Royal Marines), the British Army, and the Royal Air Force (RAF), and replaces the three parallel systems that were previously in existence.
In the British Armed Forces the offence is covered by section 19 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, which applies to all branches.The offence is categorised as an offence of "neglect of duty and misconduct" and the covers "an act that is prejudicial to good order and service discipline" or causing the same through omission.
The Armed Forces Act 2006 defines who is a civilian subject to service discipline. The main categories are: [1] civilians on board a military ship when afloat, or on board a military aircraft when in flight; civil servants working in support of the armed forces, when in a designated area (see below)
As part of the Armed Forces Act 2006, the separate prosecution authorities of HM Armed Forces were merged to form the tri-service Service Prosecuting Authority. On 1 January 2009, the individual authorities were placed under the leadership of one Director as the newly combined authority took effect.
An Act to continue the Armed Forces Act 2006; [i] to amend that Act and other enactments relating to the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence Police; to amend the Visiting Forces Act 1952; [j] to enable judge advocates to sit in civilian courts; to repeal the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915; [k] to make provision about the call ...
The Royal Navy Police (RNP) is the service police branch of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. [1] Members of the RNP enforce service law and discipline. The Royal Navy Police was known as the Royal Navy Regulating Branch until 2007, when the service was renamed the Royal Navy Police in a change brought about by the Armed Forces Act 2006. [2]