Regulation 5 Deduction from pay – compensation for damage to or the loss of property
Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the Defence Council, or an officer authorised by them, may make an order authorising a deduction to be made from the pay of a relevant person and to be appropriated as or towards compensation for any damage to or the loss of any public or service property, if the Defence Council are, or the authorised officer is, satisfied that the relevant person's conduct caused the damage to or the loss of property and amounted to an offence under section 24.
No order shall be made under paragraph (1) with respect to damage to or the loss of any public or service property, if—
a court or officer has sentenced the relevant person for a service offence and on passing sentence had power to make a service compensation order in respect of that damage to or that loss of property; or
in circumstances involving a finding that the relevant person was not guilty of intentionally, recklessly or negligently causing that damage to or that loss of property—
he has been acquitted of a service offence;
a charge against him in respect of a service offence has been determined at a summary hearing under section 131 not to have been proved; or
the Summary Appeal Court has quashed a finding that a charge against him in respect of a service offence has been proved.
An order under paragraph (1) shall state the total sum to be deducted from the pay of the relevant person to whom it relates.
The total sum authorised to be deducted from the pay of a relevant person under paragraph (1) in respect of the same damage to or the same loss of property shall not exceed £1,000.
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Defence Council, or an officer authorised by them, may by order vary an order made under paragraph (1).
The Defence Council, or an officer authorised by them, may by order revoke an order made under paragraph (1).