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Armed Forces Act 1991

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8Stoppages under the 1957 Act: personal injuries and limits

(1)In section 43 of the 1957 Act (scale of punishments and supplementary provisions)—

(a)in subsection (1), in paragraph (l) after the word “expense”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be inserted “personal injury”; and

(b)after subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

(7)Unless the Secretary of State by order provides that this subsection shall no longer apply, the stoppages awarded in respect of any offence occasioning personal injury of which a person is convicted or any other such offence which is taken into consideration in determining sentence shall not exceed such sum as is for the time being specified by an order made by the Secretary of State.

(8)The power to make an order under subsection (7) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2)In section 49 of the 1957 Act (summary trial), after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(6)The reference in the proviso to subsection (5) above to stoppages does not include a reference to stoppages for personal injury.

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