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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006-transitional-provisions-etc-order-2009/article-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1059",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006-transitional-provisions-etc-order-2009",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "General time limits for charging servicemen or former servicemen with SDA offences",
  "text": "(1) In sections 55 to 57 of AFA 2006 (general time limits for commencing proceedings against servicemen or former servicemen), references to a service offence include an SDA offence except one under RFA 1996.\n(2) In section 55 of AFA 2006 as it applies in relation to an SDA offence—\n(a) references to a person ceasing to be a member of a regular or reserve force include a person having ceased before commencement to be such a member;\n(b) the reference to a person rejoining a regular or reserve force includes a person having rejoined it before commencement.\n(3) In section 56 of AFA 2006 as it applies in relation to an SDA offence, references to a person ceasing to be subject to an additional duties commitment include a person having ceased before commencement to be so subject.\n(4) In section 57 of AFA 2006 as it applies in relation to an SDA offence—\n(a) references to a person ceasing to be subject to service law include a person having ceased to be subject to military law, air-force law or NDA 1957 except where at the time he did so he became subject to service law;\n(b) references to being (or becoming) subject to service law include having been (or become) subject to military law, air-force law or NDA 1957.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1059/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:50.439651+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}