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 227A (offences of threatening with a weapon on public or on school premises) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (1), insert—

1A

Where the offender is aged under 21 at the time of conviction, the court must impose a sentence of detention in a young offender institution for a term of at least 6 months unless the court is of the opinion that there are particular circumstances which—

a

relate to the offence or to the offender, and

b

would make it unjust to do so in all the circumstances.

3

In subsection (2), at the beginning insert “ Where the offender is aged 21 or over at the time of conviction, ”.

4

Omit subsection (3).