36 Disobedience to standing orders.F2U.K.
(1)Any person subject to air-force law who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of orders to which this section applies, being a provision known to him, or which he might reasonably by expected to know, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2)This section applies to standing orders or other routine orders of a continuing nature made for any formation or unit or [F1body of Her Majesty’s forces], or for any command or other area, garrison or place, or for any ship, train or aircraft.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), ss. 10(2), 78(4)
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F2Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2