# Armed Forces Act 2006, Paragraph 8: Multiple relevant offences


(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a) the Court Martial convicts a person (“the offender”) of two or more relevant offences; and
(b) condition 1 or 2 is met in relation to any two or more of the offences.
(2) Condition 1, in relation to any two or more offences, is that—
(a) each of the offences is a case A offence or a case B offence; and
(b) the relevant charges would have been heard summarily together if the offender had not elected Court Martial trial.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2) “relevant charge” means—
(a) in relation to a case A offence, the charge in respect of that offence; and
(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.
(4) Condition 2, in relation to any two or more offences, is that—
(a) each of the offences is a case C offence or a case D offence; and
(b) the referred charges would have been heard summarily together if they had not been referred as mentioned in paragraph 4(c).
(5) In sub-paragraph (4) “referred charge” means—
(a) in relation to a case C offence, the charge in respect of that offence; and
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/3A/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-3A/paragraph-8
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