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Section 94A

Chief Provost Marshal

of Armed Forces Act 1972

ActIn forceProvision 106 of 237
Section 94A
(1)

The Armed Forces Council shall appoint a Chief Provost

Marshal for all the three Services.

(2)

The Chief Provost Marshal shall—

(a)

act as a Staff to the Chief of Armed Forces Staff on disciplinary matters; and

(b)

exercise the functions of a Provost Marshal—

(i)

when two or more Services are serving together under section 169; or

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(ii)

when directed by the Armed Forces Council in relation to a disciplinary matter concerning any individual Service.

(3)

For the purpose of this section, the Chief Provost Marshal may—

(a)

with the approval of the Armed Forces Council appoint such number of officers; and

(b)

under the circumstances described in subparagraph (2)(b)(ii)

direct the provost officers of that Service, to assist him in the exercise of his functions.