{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-297",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-297.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/297",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "297",
  "heading": "Detention in service custody following passing of custodial sentence etc",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a custodial sentence has been passed on a person in respect of a service offence, or\n(b) an order under section 214 (detention for commission of offence during currency of order) has been made in respect of a person,\nthe person may be detained in service custody until he is committed to the appropriate establishment.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a suspended sentence of imprisonment is to be treated as passed when an order that the sentence shall take effect is made.\n(3) A person in service custody under subsection (1) is deemed to be in legal custody.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 297 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. 297 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/297",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}