The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009

Sentencing principles and procedures: references to “service offence”, “service custody”, etc

102.  In Part 9 of AFA 2006 (sentencing: principles and procedures)—

(a) any reference to a service offence (except the reference in section 237(1)(c)) includes an SDA offence;

(b) any reference to service custody is to be read, in relation to any time before commencement, as a reference to military custody, air-force custody or naval custody;

(c) any reference to a person’s being “charged” with an offence includes a person’s being informed in accordance with regulations of the Defence Council that a charge is to be reported to the person’s commanding officer under section 76(1) of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 52B(1) of NDA 1957.