# The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009, Article 56: Deemed disrating


(1) Where a punishment awarded under article 55—
(a) is by reason of section 43(4) of NDA 1957 required to include disrating or reduction to the ranks, and
(b) does not include it,
the punishment is not invalid but is deemed to include disrating or (as the case may be) reduction to the ranks.
(2) Where disrating is deemed by paragraph (1) to be included in a punishment, it reduces the offender to the rate that he would have been reduced to by virtue of section 43(5) of NDA 1957, had that Act continued in force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1059/article/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006-transitional-provisions-etc-order-2009/article-56
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