Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021
Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021 (2021 c. 23)
- Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021 (2021 c. 23)
- PART 1 Restrictions on prosecution for certain offences
- Presumption against prosecution
- 1 Prosecutorial decision regarding alleged conduct during overseas operations
- 2 Presumption against prosecution
- 3 Matters to be given particular weight
- 4 Section 3: supplementary
- Consent to prosecution
- 5 Requirement of consent to prosecute
- General
- 6 “Relevant offence”
- 7 General interpretation etc
- PART 2 Overseas operations: limitation periods
- 8 Restrictions on time limits to bring actions: England and Wales
- 9 Restrictions on time limits to bring actions: Scotland
- 10 Restrictions on time limits to bring actions: Northern Ireland
- 11 Court's discretion to extend time in certain Human Rights Act proceedings
- PART 3 General
- 12 Power to make consequential provision
- 13 Extent
- 14 Commencement and application
- 15 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Excluded offences for the purposes of section 6
- PART 1 Criminal conduct etc under armed forces legislation
- Criminal conduct etc under armed forces legislation
- Corresponding offences under law of England and Wales (including under repealed provisions)
- Interpretation etc
- PART 2 International Criminal Court Act 2001
- Excluded offences within this Part
- England and Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Interpretation
- PART 3 International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act 2001
- Interpretation
- PART 4 Other offences
- PART 5 Provisions extending jurisdiction in respect of certain sexual offences
- Section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Article 76 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2))
- Section 55 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 9)
- Provisions superseded by provisions mentioned in paragraphs 32 to 34
- SCHEDULE 2 Limitation periods: England and Wales
- PART 1 Court's discretion to disapply time limits
- PART 2 Restriction of foreign limitation law
- SCHEDULE 3 Limitation periods: Scotland
- PART 1 Court's power to override time-limits
- PART 2 Restriction of foreign limitation law
- SCHEDULE 4 Limitation periods: Northern Ireland
- PART 1 Court's discretion to disapply time limits
- PART 2 Restriction of foreign limitation law
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