1(1)The following subsection shall be inserted after section 57(2) of the M1Army Act 1955 and of the M2Air Force Act 1955—E+W
“(2A)If the offender has attained seventeen years of age but is under twenty-one years of age, subsection (2) above shall have effect in relation to him as if the power to impose a sentence of imprisonment were a power to make an order under section 71AA below.”.
(2)The subsection inserted by sub-paragraph (1) above in section 57 of the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955 shall also be inserted after subsection (3) of section 38 of the M3Naval Discipline Act 1957, as subsection (3A) of that section, but with the substitution of “43AA" for “71AA".