{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-212",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-212.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/212",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "212",
  "heading": "Term of detention and training order: general",
  "text": "(1) The term of an order made under section 211 in respect of an offence—\n(a) shall be 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18 or 24 months; and\n(b) may not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment with which the offence is punishable in the case of a person aged 21 or over.\n(2) Where—\n(a) the offence is an offence under section 42 (criminal conduct),\n(b) the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is under that law a summary offence, and\n(c) the maximum term of imprisonment with which that offence is punishable in the case of a person aged 21 or over is 51 weeks,\nthe term of the order may not exceed 6 months.\n(3) An order under section 211 takes effect at the beginning of the day on which it is made, unless the court orders otherwise under section 237 of the Sentencing Code (as applied by section 213 of this Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 212(1)(b) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 32(2) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 212(2)(c) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 32(2) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 212(3) inserted (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), s. 5(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 123(5) (with s. 5(9)); S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 212(3) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 32(3) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 212 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. 212(1) in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2020/17",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2020"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2020/17",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2020"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/212",
    "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."
  }
}