Armed Forces Act 1966

29 Additional alternative offences of which an accused may be convicted by court-martial. '.

(1) Schedule 3 to the [1955 c. 18.] Army Act 1955 (by virtue of which an accused charged with an offence specified in column 1 of the Schedule may be found guilty of an offence specified in relation thereto in column 2 of the Schedule) shall have effect with the following amendments, that is to say, the insertion after the paragraphs numbered 1 therein, of the following:—

“1A. Striking a person on guard duty.

1A. Using force against a person on guard duty, otherwise than by striking him”,

and the addition at the end of the Schedule of the following:—

“13. Being an officer subject to military law, striking a person who is an officer so subject of inferior rank or less seniority or a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier so subject.	13. Ill-treating such a person otherwise than by striking him.
14. Being a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer subject to military law, striking a person so subject, being a warrant officer or a non-commissioned officer of inferior rank or less seniority or a soldier.	14. Ill-treating such a person otherwise than by striking him”.

(2) Schedule 3 to the [1955 c. 19.] Air Force Act 1955 (which makes provision corresponding to Schedule 3 to the Army Act 1955) shall have effect with amendments in other respects similar to those mentioned in the foregoing subsection, but modified by the substitution, for the words " military law " , wherever occurring, of the words " air-force law ", and for the word " soldier", wherever occurring, of the word " airman ".

(3) The foregoing provisions of this section shall not have effect in relation to an offence with which a person is charged if the acts by virtue of which he is so charged occurred before the coming into operation of this section.