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Part IIU.K. Trial and punishment of offences

Commencement and duration of sentences of imprisonment and detentionU.K.

85 Commencement of sentences.F5U.K.

(1)Except as otherwise provided by the following provisions of this Part of this Act, and by [F1section 11(2) of the M1Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968] (which empowers the court in certain cases to direct that a sentence shall begin to run from the day upon which an application for leave to appeal is dismissed), any term of imprisonment or detention under a sentence awarded [F2by a court-martial] shall begin to run from the beginning of the day on which the sentence is awarded.

F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F1Words substituted by Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20), Sch. 4

F2Words in s. 85(1) substituted (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 4, s. 25, Sch. 3 para. 10(2); S.I. 2000/2366, art. 2 (with Sch. para. 15)

F3S. 85(2) repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 4, ss. 25, 27, Sch. 3 para. 10(3); S.I. 2000/2366, art. 2 (with Sch. para. 15)

Marginal Citations

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F5Act repealed (prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 17 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual provisions