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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies £5,000 as the maximum sum which may be awarded under the Army Act 1955 (c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19) and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53) by way of deductions from an offender’s pay as compensation following a conviction for an offence occasioning personal injury or any other such offence taken into consideration.

The maximum sum of £2,000 was specified by the Armed Forces (Compensation Limits) Order 1991 which is revoked by this Order.

This Order will have effect where the offence in respect of which the award of stoppages is made is committed on or after the date on which this Order comes into effect. The 1991 Order will continue to apply where the offence was committed before that date.