12Framework for establishment of tri-service serious crime unitU.K.

(1)AFA 2006 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 365A (Provost Marshals: appointment), in subsection (1), after “force” insert “, or to be Provost Marshal for serious crime,”.

(3)In section 115A (Provost Marshal’s duty in relation to independence of investigations)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “This section” substitute “Subsection (2)”;

(b)after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)The Provost Marshal for serious crime has a duty, owed to the Defence Council, to seek to ensure that all investigations carried out by the tri-service serious crime unit are free from improper interference.”;

(c)in subsection (3), at the end insert “or (as the case may be) the unit.”

(4)In section 375 (definitions relating to police forces)—

(a)in the heading, after “to” insert “the service police and other”;

(b)after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)In this Act the “tri-service serious crime unit” means a unit under the direction of the Provost Marshal for serious crime, each member of which is a member of a service police force.”