# Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 148: Application of provision about minimum terms to service offences

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In section 261A of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (life sentences imposed by Court Martial), at the end insert—
“(5) Schedule 21, as it applies in relation to a sentence passed by the Court Martial, has effect as if a reference to murder included reference to an offence under section 42 as respects which the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is murder.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/148 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-act-2022/section-148
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