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The Armed Forces Act 2001 (Commencement No.8) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/662 · Made 27 February 2007

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defence

Made 27th February 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 39(2) of the Armed Forces Act 2001f1:

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f1

2001 c.19

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 2001 (Commencement No.8) Order 2007.

2

Section 21 of the Armed Forces Act 2001 shall come into force on 28th February 2007.

Signature

Derek Twigg

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Defence

Date 27th February 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 21 of the Armed Forces Act 2001. Section 21 inserts new sections into the Army Act 1955 (c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19) and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53). The new sections make provision equivalent to that provided for in the civilian system by sections 35 and 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), for the Attorney General to refer a case to the Courts-Martial Appeal Court where he considers that a sentence passed on a person by a court-martial was unduly lenient. This power is only exercisable in relation to those offences where the corresponding civil offence would be triable only on indictment.