Armed Forces Act 2006

192Activation by Court Martial: appeals
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(1)This section applies where an order under section 191 is made.

(2)For the purposes of the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968 (c. 20)

(a)the order is to be treated as a sentence passed on the offender by the Court Martial for the offence for which the suspended sentence was passed; and

(b)if the offender was not convicted of that offence by the Court Martial, he is to be treated for the purpose of enabling him to appeal against the order as if he had been so convicted.

(3)For the purposes of any appeal against the order references in section 16A of that Act to passing a sentence include making an order.

(4)On an appeal against the order the Court Martial Appeal Court may (as an alternative to exercising its powers under section 16A(2) of that Act) quash the order.