Armed Forces Act 2006
2006 CHAPTER 52
Commentary
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
Section 56: Time limit for charging certain members or former members of ex-regular reserve forces
144.Where a person is alleged to have committed a service offence while he was an ex-regular reservist subject to an additional duties commitment under section 25 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996, this section provides that he cannot be charged with the offence more than six months after the end of that commitment. This is subject to section 61(2), which allows the charge to be brought if the Attorney General consents.
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