Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1987 c. 4 |
of persons nominated by the Secretary of State; andof persons who at the coming into force of this Act are special constables by virtue of appointment under section 3 of the Special Constables Act in England and Wales be attested as a constable by making the declaration required of a member of a police force maintained under F1the Police Act 1996 before a justice of the peace;in Scotland make the declaration required of a F45constable of the Police Service of Scotland by section 10 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 before a sheriff or justice of the peace; andin Northern Ireland be attested as a constable by F2making the declaration required of a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary before a justice of the peace.(3) The Secretary of State shall appoint a chief constable for the Ministry of Defence Police, and they shall operate under the chief constable’s direction and control.to suspend a member of the Ministry of Defence Police from duty; andto terminate a person’s membership.to advise him with respect to such matters concerning the Ministry of Defence Police as he may from time to time require; andto exercise such other functions as may be conferred on it by or under this Act;(6) The power to make regulations conferred by subsection (5) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.(1) In any place in the United Kingdom to which subsection (2) below for the time being applies, members of the Ministry of Defence Police shall have the powers and privileges of constables.the Secretary of State for Defence;the Defence Council;a headquarters or defence organisation; orthe service authorities of a visiting force;in the possession, under the control or used for the purposes of an ordnance company; andused for the purpose of, or for purposes which include, the making or development of ordnance or otherwise for naval, military or air force purposes;in the possession, under the control or used for the purposes of a dockyard contractor; andused for the purpose of, or for purposes which include, providing designated services or otherwise for naval, military or air force purposes;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .land where the Secretary of State has agreed to provide the services of the Ministry of Defence Police under an agreement notice of which has been published in the appropriate Gazette.in relation to Crown property, international defence property, ordnance property and dockyard property;subject to the control of the Defence Council;employed under or for the purposes of the Ministry of Defence or the Defence Council; orin respect of whom the service courts and service authorities of any country may exercise powers by virtue of section 2 of the Visiting Forces Act in connection with offences against persons within paragraph (b) above, with the incitement of such persons to commit offences and with offences under the F42Bribery Act 2010 in relation to such persons;in relation to matters connected with anything done under a contract entered into by the Secretary of State for Defence for the purposes of his Department or the Defence Council; andfor the purpose of securing the unimpeded passage of any such property as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above.the police force for any police area;the Police Service of Scotland;the Police Service of Northern Ireland;the British Transport Police Force; orthe Civil Nuclear Constabulary,if the request was made under paragraph (a) of that subsection by a constable of the police force for a police area, only in that police area;if it was made under paragraph (aa) of that subsection, only in Scotland;if it was made under paragraph (b) of that subsection, only in Northern Ireland;if it was made under paragraph (c) of that subsection, only to the extent that those powers and privileges would in the circumstances be exercisable for those purposes by a constable of the British Transport Police Force by virtue of subsection (1A) or, in Scotland, subsection (4) of section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix) ; orif it was made under paragraph (d) of that subsection, only to the extent that those powers and privileges would in the circumstances be exercisable for those purposes by a constable of the F25Civil Nuclear Constabulary.
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