{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968/section-16A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968/section-16A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/20",
  "legislation_title": "Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968",
  "path": "section/16A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": "Appeals against sentence.",
  "text": "(1) Where, on a single occasion, the Court Martial passes two or more sentences on a person, an appeal or application for leave to appeal against any of those sentences is to be treated as an appeal or application in respect of both or all of them.\n(2) On an appeal against sentence the Appeal Court may quash the sentence passed by the Court Martial and pass in substitution for it any sentence that—\n(a) they think appropriate; and\n(b) is a sentence that the Court Martial had power to pass in respect of the offence.\n(3) But the Court may not exercise their powers under subsection (2) in such a way that, taking the case as a whole, the appellant is dealt with more severely on appeal than he was dealt with by the Court Martial.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16A added by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), s. 73(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 16A substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 16; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 16A modified by 2006 c. 52, s. 269C(3) (as inserted (1.11.2013) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 16(1), 32(3); S.I. 2013/2501, art. 3(c))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 16A modified by 1957 c. 53, s. 91A(4)(a) (as inserted (18.7.2008) by The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1694), arts. 1, 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 16A modified by 1976 c. 52, Sch. 3 para. 21(5)(a) (as inserted (18.7.2008) by The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1694), arts. 1, 27)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 16A modified by 1955 c. 19, s. 120ZA(4)(a) (as inserted (18.7.2008) by The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1694), arts. 1, 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 16A modified by 1955 c. 18, s. 120ZA(4)(a) (as inserted (18.7.2008) by The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1694), arts. 1, 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 16A modified (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 231(3), 383(2); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 16A modified (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 235(2), 383(2); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 16A modified (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 192(3), 383(2); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 16A modified (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 268(6), 383(2) (with s. 271(1)); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 16A modified (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 216(3), 383(2); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "S. 16A modified by 2006 c. 52, s. 232B(3) (as inserted (8.3.2012 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 17(1), 32(3); S.I. 2012/669, art. 3(d))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "S. 16A modified by 2006 c. 52, Sch. 3A para. 15(9) (as inserted (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 1; S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(b) (with arts. 10-12))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "S. 16A(1) applied (24.4.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), arts. 1(3), 116"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "S. 16A(2)(3) excluded (24.4.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), arts. 1(3), 117"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
      "text": "S. 16A(2) modified (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2041), rules 1, 162(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/20/section/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:30.184032+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."
}