397.This section inserts new sections 4B and 4C in the MDP Act. The new section 4B puts inspections of the MDP by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary on a statutory basis. At present the MDP are inspected by HMIC on a non-statutory basis by invitation. The new section 4C provides for publication of the Inspectors’ reports on the MDP.
The Act Schedule 6: Specific offences which are arrestable offences Part 5: The Ministry of Defence Police Section 80: Functions of inspectors of constabulary