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Chapter 6 of Part 8 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.

In section 217 (mandatory life imprisonment), for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2)     Where on conviction the offender is 21 or over, the court must sentence the offender to imprisonment for life.

(3)     Where on conviction the offender is aged under 21, the court must pass on the offender a sentence of custody for life under section 275 of the Sentencing Code.

(4)     Subsection (3) does not apply where the offender is liable to be detained under section 218 (detention at Her Majesty's pleasure for offender under 18).”

(1)     Section 218A (life sentence for second listed offence) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1)—

(3)     After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     In subsection (1)(c), “relevant date”, in relation to an offence, means the date specified