PART 19ENLISTMENT, TERMS OF SERVICE ETC
Desertion and absence without leave: forfeiture of service etc192
1
In section 330(1) of AFA 2006 (power to make regulations with respect to a confession of desertion) references to a confession that a person is guilty of an offence under section 8 of that Act include a confession, whether made before or after commencement, that he is guilty of an offence under section 37 of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 16 of NDA 1957.
2
In section 330(2) of AFA 2006 (power to make regulations providing for forfeiture of service by a person convicted of desertion) the reference to an offence under section 8 of that Act includes an offence under section 37 of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 16 of NDA 1957.
3
Section 330(1) to (3) of AFA 2006 are to be read as including power to make provision as to the effect of—
a
a direction given under section 81(2) of AA 1955 or AFA 1955,
b
an order made under section 74(1) of NDA 1957, or
c
the forfeiture of a period of service by virtue of section 17(1) or 81(2) of AA 1955 or AFA 1955, or section 74(1) or 129D(1) of NDA 1957,
and enabling a determination to be made in prescribed circumstances restoring (in whole or in part) a period of service forfeited by virtue of such a direction or order or of any provision mentioned in sub-paragraph (c).