Part 1 Sentences for Dangerous Offenders Subject to Service Law etc

SCHEDULE 22 Dangerous Offenders Subject to Service Law etc

Section 127

Part 1 Sentences for Dangerous Offenders Subject to Service Law etc

Armed Forces Act 2006 (c 52)

1

The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.

2

After section 218 and the italic heading “Required or discretionary sentences for particular offences†insert—

“218A Life sentence for second listed offence

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a person aged 18 or over is convicted by the Court Martial of an offence under section 42 (criminal conduct);

(b)     the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is an offence listed in Part 1 of Schedule 15B to the 2003 Act;

(c)     the offence was committed after this section comes into force; and

(d)     the sentence condition and the previous offence condition are met.

(2)     Section 224A(2) of the 2003 Act applies in relation to the offender.

(3)     In section 224A(2)(a) of that Act as applied by subsection (2)—

(a)     the reference to “the offence†is to be read as a reference to the offence under section 42; and

(b)     the reference to “the previous offence referred to in subsection (4)†is

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