{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-200",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-200.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/200",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "200",
  "heading": "Suspended sentence orders",
  "text": "(1) In the following provisions of the Sentencing Code, “court” includes a relevant service court—\n(a) section 264 (suspended sentence order for offender under 21: availability);\n(aa) section 264A (presumption of suspended sentence order: offender under 21);\n(b) section 277 (suspended sentence order for person aged 21 or over: availability);\n(ba) section 277A (presumption of suspended sentence order: person aged 21 or over);\n(c) in Chapter 5 of Part 10 (suspended sentences)—\n(i) section 286 (suspended sentence order);\n(ii) section 292 (power to impose requirements);\n(iii) section 298 (provision of copies of order etc);\n(iv) section 302 (duty to obtain permission before changing residence);\n(d) Schedule 9 (community requirements), other than paragraphs 21 and 22 (review of drug rehabilitation requirement);\n(e) in Schedule 17 (transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland and Northern Ireland)—\n(i) paragraph 1 (restriction on making relevant suspended sentence order where offender resides in Scotland);\n(ii) paragraph 4 (restriction on making relevant suspended sentence order where offender resides in Northern Ireland);\n(iii) Part 3 (making of orders);\nand the provisions of the Sentencing Code relating to suspended sentence orders apply accordingly to suspended sentence orders made by a relevant service court.\n(2) In their application to a suspended sentence order made by a relevant service court, the provisions of the Sentencing Code relating to suspended sentence orders are modified as set out in—\n(a) sections 200ZA to 204, and\n(b) Schedule 7 (modifications of Schedule 16 to the Sentencing Code (breach or amendment of suspended sentence order and effect of further conviction)).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 200, 200A substituted (1.12.2020) for s. 200 by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 19 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 200(1)(aa) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(4), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 200(1)(ba) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(4), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 200(2)(a) substituted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 2(7), 49(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/200",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:06:14.237699+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."
  }
}