# Armed Forces Act 2006, Section 253: Duties in complying with section 252

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In complying with section 252(1)(a) an officer or the Summary Appeal Court must—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) if section 239 (guilty pleas) applies and as a result of taking into account a matter mentioned in section 239(2) the officer or court has imposed a punishment on the offender which is less severe than the punishment that would otherwise have been imposed, state that fact;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) In complying with section 252(1)(a) a court other than the Summary Appeal Court must—
(a) where guidelines indicate that a sentence of a particular kind, or within a particular range, would normally be appropriate for the offence and the sentence is of a different kind or is outside that range, state the court's reasons for deciding on a sentence of a different kind or outside that range;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) if section 239 (guilty pleas) applies and as a result of taking into account a matter mentioned in section 239(2) the court has imposed a punishment on the offender which is less severe than the punishment it would otherwise have imposed, state that fact;
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In this section “guidelines” has the same meaning as in section 259.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/253 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-253
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