Amendments of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 20095
1
Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 20099 (transitory provisions) is amended as follows.
2
After paragraph 9 (power to impose detention in a young offender institution) insert—
Life and extended sentences: offenders aged at least 18 but under 219A
1
This paragraph applies in relation to an offender aged at least 18 but under 21 on conviction, until the coming into force of section 61 of CJCSA 2000.
2
Section 218A of AFA 2006 (life sentence for second listed offence) has effect as if the reference in subsection (4) to imprisonment were to detention in a young offender institution.
3
Section 219A of AFA 2006 (extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offenders aged 18 or over) has effect as if—
a
the reference in subsection (1)(d) to imprisonment for life were to custody for life; and
b
the reference in subsection (3) to an extended sentence of imprisonment were to an extended sentence of detention in a young offender institution.
3
Omit paragraph 13 (crediting of time in service custody).
4
In paragraph 16 (meaning of “custodial sentence”), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
ca
an extended sentence of detention in a young offender institution passed under section 226A of CJA 2003 as a result of section 219A of AFA 2006;