# The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009, Article 102: Sentencing principles and procedures: references to “service offence”, “service custody”, etc


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1059/article/102 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006-transitional-provisions-etc-order-2009/article-102
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