Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Part II extended by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9), s. 142
C2Part II applied (1.6.1996 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62, SIF 7:1), ss. 18(9)(a), 20(10)(a); S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2
(1)A Secretary of State may from time to time make arrangements with the authorities of any country orterritory outside the United Kingdom whereby F1. . . military sentences of imprisonment or detention may in accordance withImprisonment and Detention Rules be served wholly or partly in [F2establishments under the control of those authorities] .
(2)The powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections [F3section one hundred and twenty-two of this Act.] shall extend to the making of such provision as appears to the Secretary of Statenecessary or expedient for giving effect to any arrangements made under the last foregoing subsection.
(3)The said powers shall be so exercised as to secure that F4. . . no military sentence of imprisonment or detention shall be served, in anestablishment in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom not being a military establishment,except in accordance with arrangements made as respects that country or territory.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 126(1) repealed (11.5.2001) by 2001 c. 19, ss. 34, 38, Sch. 6 Pt. 4 para. 18(2)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. 4
F2Words in s. 126(1) substituted (11.5.2001) by 2001 c. 19, s. 34, Sch. 6 Pt. 4 para. 18(2)(b)
F3Words in s. 126(2) substituted (11.5.2001) by 2001 c. 19, s. 34, Sch. 6 Pt. 4 para. 18(3)
F4Words in s. 126(3) repealed (11.5.2001) by 2001 c. 19, ss. 34, 38, Sch. 6 Pt. 4 para. 18(2)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. 4
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F5Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2