Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25)

Schedules

Schedule 17 E+W Treatment of convictions in other member States etc

Restriction on imposing custodial sentence or service detention E+W

11 E+W In section 263 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) (restriction on imposing custodial sentence or service detention on unrepresented offender)—

(a) at the end of subsection (2)(b) insert “ , or sentenced to detention by a court in any other member State or for a member State service offence ”, and

(b) at the end of subsection (6)(b) insert—

“(c) member State service offence” means an offence which—

(i) was the subject of proceedings under the service law of a member State other than the United Kingdom, and

(ii) at the time it was done, would have constituted an offence in any part of the United Kingdom, or a service offence, if it had been done in any part of the United Kingdom by a member of Her Majesty's forces;

(d) “service law”, in relation to a member State other than the United Kingdom, means the law governing all or any of the naval, military or air forces of that State.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 17 para. 11 in force at 15.8.2010 by S.I. 2010/1858, art. 3(d)(v)