Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)U.K.
5(1)Section 227A (offences of threatening with a weapon in public or on school premises) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1A)—
(a)for “particular circumstances” substitute “exceptional circumstances”, and
(b)for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)justify not doing so.”
(3)Sub-paragraph (2) has effect only if this Schedule comes into force before the coming into force of paragraph 16(a) of Schedule 26 to the Sentencing Act 2020 (which omits subsection (1A) of section 227A of the Armed Forces Act 2006).
(4)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “particular circumstances” substitute “exceptional circumstances”, and
(b)for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)justify not doing so.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 para. 5 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 208(5)(k)