(1)The Court Martial has jurisdiction to try any service offence.
(2)In this Act “service offence” means—
(a)any offence under Part 1;
[F1(aa)an offence under section 93A, 93E or 93G (testing for alcohol or drugs on suspicion);]
(b)an offence under section 107 (breach of requirement imposed on release from custody);
(c)an offence under section 229 (breach of service restraining order);
(d)an offence under section 266 (failure to comply with financial statement order);
[F2(e)an offence under section 305 (random drug testing);]
(f)any offence under regulations under section 328 (false answer during enlistment in a regular force) or section 343 (service inquiries) that the regulations provide is a service offence;
[F3(fa)an offence under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2A (offences committed by a lay member of the Court Martial);
(fb)an offence under paragraph 5 of that Schedule (disclosing information about members' deliberations etc) committed by a person described in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph;]
(g)an offence under section 18 or 20 of the Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62) (orders for the protection of children);
(h)an offence under any of sections 95 to 97 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14) (reserve forces offences); or
(i)an offence under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to that Act (false answer during enlistment in a reserve force) committed by a person within paragraph 5(3) of that Schedule.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 50(2)(aa) inserted (1.11.2013) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 4 para. 3(2); S.I. 2013/2501, art. 3(d)
F2S. 50(2)(e) substituted (1.11.2013) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 4 para. 3(4); S.I. 2013/2501, art. 3(d)
F3S. 50(2)(fa)(fb) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 14 para. 5; S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 80
Commencement Information
I1S. 50 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
I2S. 50 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4