{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-3A/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-3A/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Sentencing powers: single relevant offence",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) the Court Martial convicts a person (“the offender”) of a case C offence or a case D offence; and\n(b) paragraph 8 does not apply.\n(2) The sentence passed in respect of the offence must be such that the offender’s commanding officer could have awarded the punishments awarded by that sentence if the commanding officer—\n(a) had heard summarily the charge referred as mentioned in paragraph 4(c); and\n(b) had recorded a finding that the charge had been proved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 14(2), 32(3), Sch. 1; S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(b) (with arts. 6(3), 10-12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/3A/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+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."
}