{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-160",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-160.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/160",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "160",
  "heading": "Decisions of Court Martial: finding and sentence",
  "text": "(A1) The finding of the Court Martial on a charge must be determined by votes of the members of the Court Martial other than the judge advocate (the “lay members”) and—\n(a) where there are three lay members, must be a finding with which no fewer than two of them agree;\n(b) where there are four lay members, must be a finding with which no fewer than three of them agree;\n(c) where there are five lay members, must be a finding with which no fewer than four of them agree;\n(d) where there are six lay members, must be a finding with which no fewer than five of them agree.\n(1) Subject to subsection (4), any sentence passed by the Court Martial must be determined by a majority of the votes of the members of the court.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In the case of an equality of votes on the sentence, the judge advocate has a casting vote.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 160(A1) inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 1.1.2023 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(2); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(a); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 160(1) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 1.1.2023 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(3); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(a); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 160(2)(3) omitted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 1.1.2023 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(4); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(a); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 160 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 160 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/160",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}