Armed Forces Act 2006

50 Jurisdiction of the Court Martial

(1) The Court Martial has jurisdiction to try any service offence.

(2) In this Act “service offence” means—

(a) any offence under Part 1;

(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);

(e) any offence under Chapter 1 of Part 13 (testing for alcohol and drugs);

(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;

(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.