{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-330",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-330.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/330",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "330",
  "heading": "Desertion and absence without leave: forfeiture of service etc",
  "text": "(1) The Defence Council may by regulations make provision—\n(a) with respect to the making of a confession by a member of the regular forces that he is guilty of an offence under section 8 (desertion);\n(b) for the making of a determination as to whether a trial may be dispensed with in the case of a person who makes such a confession;\n(c) for the forfeiture of a period of service of such a person where a trial is so dispensed with.\n(2) The Defence Council may also by regulations make provision for the forfeiture of a period of service of a member of the regular forces who is convicted of an offence under section 8.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (1) or (2) may include provision for enabling a determination to be made in prescribed circumstances restoring (in whole or in part) a forfeited period of service.\n(4) The Defence Council may also by regulations make provision with respect to—\n(a) the issue of a certificate of absence in respect of a member of the regular forces absent without leave for more than a prescribed period;\n(b) the effects of such a certificate (in particular in connection with the pay and allowances of the person in respect of whom it is issued).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 330 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. 330 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/330",
    "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."
  }
}