Armed Forces Act 2006

[F1 269A Fines: fixing of term of imprisonment for default U.K.

(1) Where the Court Martial imposes a fine on a person aged 18 or over, the court must make an order fixing a term of imprisonment which the person is to undergo if—

(a) any sum which the person is liable to pay is not duly paid or recovered; and

(b) an enforcement order is made.

(2) The Table in [F2 section 129(4) of the Sentencing Code] (maximum periods of imprisonment for default), as for the time being in force, applies for the purpose of determining the maximum periods of imprisonment that may be fixed under this section for fines of the amounts set out in that Table.

(3) Where the person mentioned in subsection (1) is sentenced by the court to, or is serving or otherwise liable to serve, a term of—

(a) imprisonment,

(b) detention in a young offender institution, or

(c) detention under section 108 of the Sentencing Act (detention of persons aged 18 to 21 for default or contempt),

the court may order that any term of imprisonment fixed under subsection (1) shall not begin to run until after the end of that other term.

(4) For the purposes of references in subsection (3) to a term of imprisonment or detention which a person has been sentenced to or is serving or liable to serve, consecutive terms and terms which are wholly or partly concurrent are to be treated as a single term.

(5) References in subsection (3) to a term which a person is serving or liable to serve are to a term imposed—

(a) by a relevant service court; or

(b) by a civilian court in any part of the United Kingdom.

(6) In this section—

• “enforcement order” means an order under regulations made under section 322 (orders for enforcement by prescribed courts of fines etc);

• “relevant service court” means the Court Martial, the Service Civilian Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court or the Supreme Court on an appeal brought from the Court Martial Appeal Court.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 269A-269C inserted (1.11.2013) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 16(1), 32(3); S.I. 2013/2501, art. 3(c)

F2 Words in s. 269A(2) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 64 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2