{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-304H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-304H.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/304H",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "304H",
  "heading": "Meaning of “sentence”",
  "text": "In this Part—\n(a) “sentence” includes any order made by a court when dealing with an offender in respect of an offence; and\n(b) a reference to a greater or lesser sentence must be interpreted accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 12A heading and s. 304A inserted (16.10.2024) by Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21), ss. 7, 19(1); S.I. 2024/1032, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 304F-304H inserted (16.10.2024) by Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21), ss. 12, 19(1); S.I. 2024/1032, reg. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/304H",
    "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."
}