Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)

First Group of Parts Discipline

Part 2 Jurisdiction and Time Limits

Chapter 2 Time Limits for Commencing Proceedings

Time limits for offences other than Reserve Forces Act offences

55 Time limit for charging former member of a regular or reserve force

(1) This section applies where a person ceases to be a member of a regular or reserve force.

(2) The person may not, after the end of six months beginning with the date he ceased to be a member of that force, be charged with a service offence committed while he was a member.

(3) Subsection (2) applies even if the person rejoins the force within those six months.