The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008

Suspended sentences of military and air-force courts-martial

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

4.—(1) In relation to a sentence which is suspended at commencement—

(a)section 120(5) of each of the 1955 Acts (power to activate suspended sentence), as substituted by this Order, applies only if the court-martial passes a sentence of imprisonment or detention on the person; and

(b)section 120(5B) of each of those Acts (power to make activated sentence consecutive to another sentence) has effect as if paragraph (a) were omitted.