SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 25Amendments to the Armed Forces Act 2006

PART 5Amendments to Chapter 6 of Part 8: sentences for certain offences

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1

Section 223 (the “required opinion” for the purposes of sections 219 to 221A) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (2)—

a

for “section 229(2) and (2A) of the 2003 Act” substitute “ subsections (2) and (3) of section 308 of the Sentencing Code ”;

b

for “section 229(1) of that Act” substitute “ subsection (1) of that section ”.

3

For subsection (3) substitute—

3

In section 308(2)(a) of the Sentencing Code as applied by this section, the reference to the offence is to be read as a reference to the offence under section 42 of this Act.

4

In subsection (4), in the definition of “serious harm”, for “section 224 of the 2003 Act” substitute “ section 306 of the Sentencing Code ”.