{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-3A/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-3A/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Multiple relevant offences",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) the Court Martial convicts a person (“the offender”) of two or more relevant offences; and\n(b) condition 1 or 2 is met in relation to any two or more of the offences.\n(2) Condition 1, in relation to any two or more offences, is that—\n(a) each of the offences is a case A offence or a case B offence; and\n(b) the relevant charges would have been heard summarily together if the offender had not elected Court Martial trial.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (2) “relevant charge” means—\n(a) in relation to a case A offence, the charge in respect of that offence; and\n(b) in relation to a case B offence, the charge in respect of which the offender elected Court Martial trial and for which the charge in respect of the case B offence was substituted.\n(4) Condition 2, in relation to any two or more offences, is that—\n(a) each of the offences is a case C offence or a case D offence; and\n(b) the referred charges would have been heard summarily together if they had not been referred as mentioned in paragraph 4(c).\n(5) In sub-paragraph (4) “referred charge” means—\n(a) in relation to a case C offence, the charge in respect of that offence; and\n(b) in relation to a case D offence, the charge referred as mentioned in paragraph 4(c) for which the charge in respect of the case D offence was substituted.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}