# Armed Forces Act 2006, Paragraph 2


(1) Section 18 of that Act (content, effect, variation and discharge of assessment orders) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)(b) for “officer” substitute “ judge advocate ”.
(3) In subsection (6) for “officer” substitute “ judge advocate ”.
(4) In subsection (8)—
(a) for “or a civilian in a corresponding position who” substitute “ , or a civilian subject to service discipline, commits an offence if he ”;
(b) omit the words “on him”;
(c) omit the words from “shall be liable” to the end.
(5) After that subsection insert—
“(8A) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable to any punishment mentioned in rows 5 to 12 of the Table in section 164 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
(8B) For the purposes of determining the court's powers when sentencing a civilian offender (within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Armed Forces Act 2006) for an offence under this section, subsection (8A) has effect as if the reference to rows 5 to 12 were to rows 2 to 7.
(8C) For the purposes of determining the court's powers when sentencing an offender to whom Part 2 of that Schedule applies (ex-servicemen etc) for an offence under this section, subsection (8A) has effect as if the reference to rows 5 to 12 were to rows 5 to 10.”
(6) Omit subsection (9).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/13/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-13/paragraph-2
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