Armed Forces Act 2006

237 Duty to have regard to purposes of sentencing etc

(1) A court or officer dealing with an offender for a service offence must have regard to the following purposes of sentencing—

(a) the punishment of offenders;

(b) the maintenance of discipline;

(c) the reduction of service offences and other crime (including reduction by deterrence);

(d) the reform and rehabilitation of offenders;

(e) the protection of the public;

(f) the making of reparation by offenders to persons affected by their offences.

(2) If the offender is aged under 18 the court or officer must also have regard to his welfare.

(3) This section does not apply in relation to—

(a) an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law;

(b) an offence the sentence for which, as a result of subsection (2) of any of sections 219 to 222 and 225 to 227 of this Act (required custodial sentences), falls to be imposed under—

• any of sections 225 to 228 of the 2003 Act;

• section 110(2) or 111(2) of the Sentencing Act; or

• section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27).

(4) In this section “sentencing” includes the making of any order when dealing with an offender in respect of his offence.