Part 8Sentencing Powers and Mandatory etc Sentences
Chapter 1Definition etc of Certain Sentences
Service supervision and punishment orders
174Review of service supervision and punishment orders
(1)
The commanding officer of a person subject to a service supervision and punishment order must, at times prescribed by regulations made by the Defence Council, consider whether the order should continue in force.
(2)
If on a review under subsection (1) the commanding officer decides that the order should not continue in force, he must order that it shall immediately cease to have effect.
(3)
Regulations made by the Defence Council may—
(a)
prescribe criteria to be applied by a commanding officer in deciding whether an order should continue in force;
(b)
make provision about procedure in relation to orders under subsection (2).
(4)
Where a commanding officer makes an order under subsection (2), there remains forfeit one-sixth of the offender's gross pay for the period—
(a)
beginning with the day the service supervision and punishment order is made; and
(b)
ending with the day before the date of the commanding officer's order.