[F1 Standing Civilian Courts : appeal and suspending sentenceU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
4(1)Schedule 3 to the Armed Forces Act 1976 M1 (Standing Civilian Courts) shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraph 18(3) (appeal from Standing Civilian Court to court-martial within 21 days of sentence) for “21” there shall be substituted “40”.
(3)The following shall be substituted for paragraph 20(4) (power of reviewing authority to suspend sentence of Standing Civilian Court where person is in custody under the sentence):—
“(4)A reviewing authority may at any time suspend a sentence of a Standing Civilian Court.”
(4)The following shall be inserted after paragraph 20(5) :—
“(5A)At any time while any sentence is so suspended, the suspension may be determined by the reviewing authority who suspended the sentence.”
(5)In paragraph 20(6) (determination of suspension in certain circumstances) after “fresh offence” there shall be inserted “then, without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (5A) above,”.]
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