Sentencing and rehabilitation

I1I213Power of commanding officer to award service detention: Royal Marines

1

Section 132 of AFA 2006 (punishments available to commanding officers) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), in row 1 of the table, in the third column—

a

after paragraph (a) insert—

  1. aa

    corporal in the Royal Marines;

b

in paragraph (b), at the end insert “in any of Her Majesty’s military forces”;

c

in paragraph (c), for “(but see” substitute “(see also”.

3

For subsection (1A) substitute—

1A

In row 1 of the Table, in paragraph (c) of the entry in the third column, in relation to the Royal Air Force Regiment, the reference to a corporal is to be read as a reference to a lance corporal.

4

Section 133 of AFA 2006 (detention: limits on powers) is amended as follows.

5

In subsection (2)—

a

after paragraph (a) insert—

aa

corporal in the Royal Marines;

b

in paragraph (b), at the end insert “in any of Her Majesty’s military forces”.

6

After subsection (2) insert—

2A

 In relation to the Royal Air Force Regiment, the reference in subsection (2)(c) to a corporal is to be read as a reference to a lance corporal.