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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2007 No. 711

DEFENCE

The Courts-Martial (Review of Sentencing) (Categories of Offences) Order 2007

  Made 28th February 2007 
  Laid before Parliament 8th March 2007 
  Coming into force 31st March 2007 

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113B(1)(a) of the Army Act 1955[1], sections 113B(1)(a) of the Air Force Act 1955[2] and sections 71AB(1)(a) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957[3]:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1. This Order may be cited as the Courts-Martial (Review of Sentencing) (Categories of Offences) Order 2007, shall come into force on 31st March 2007 and in this Order—

Application
    
2. Sections 113B(1)(a) and 113C of the 1955 Acts [4] and sections 71AB(1)(a) and 71AC of the 1957 Act [5] shall apply to any case of a description specified in the Schedule to these regulations.

     3. This Order shall apply only to cases as specified in the Schedule where sentence is passed by a court-martial on or after 31st March 2007.


Derek Twigg
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Defence

Date 28th February 2007



SCHEDULE
Article 2


Description of cases to which Sections 113B(1)(a) and 113C of the 1955 Acts and sections 71AB(1)(a) and 71AC of the 1957 Act are to apply


     1. Any case in which sentence is passed by a court-martial on a person in respect of an offence against section 70 of the 1955 Acts or section 42 of the 1957 Act where the corresponding civil offence is—

     2. Any case in which sentence is passed on a person for attempting to commit or inciting the commission of an offence set out in paragraph 1 above.



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


Section 113C of the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955 and section 71AC of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 empower the Attorney General to refer offences that in the civilian system would be indictable only to the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, with the leave of that court, where he considers that the sentence imposed by a court-martial was unduly lenient. The Secretary of State may by Order, made under section 113B(1)(a) of the Army Act 1955/Air Force Act 1955 or section 71AB(1)(a) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 extend the scope of the Attorney General's powers by specifying certain offences, where the corresponding civil offences are triable either summarily or on indictment, where he considers that the sentence imposed by a court-martial was unduly lenient.

Article 3 of this Order provides that section 113B(1)(a) and 113C of the 1955 Acts and section 71AB(1)(a) and 71AC of the 1957 Act are to apply to the cases specified in the Schedule to this Order. Paragraph 1 of the Schedule specifies cases in which a sentence has been passed by the court martial for one of the offences listed. Paragraph 2 of the Schedule specifies cases in which a sentence has been passed for attempting to commit or inciting the commission of any of the offences listed in paragraph 1.

The provisions in this Order are broadly equivalent to those applied in the civil court which are set out in Part IV (Review of Sentencing) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 2006.


Notes:

[1] 1955 c.18back

[2] 1955 c.19back

[3] 1957 c.53back

[4] Sections 113B and 113C of the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955 were inserted by the Armed Forces Act 2001 (c.19), section 21.back

[5] Sections 71AB and 71AC of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 were inserted by the Armed Forces Act 2001 (c.19), section 21.back

[6] 1861 c.100.back

[7] 1933 c.12.back

[8] 1971 c.38.back

[9] 1979 c.2.back

[10] 1876 c.36.back

[11] 1998 c.37.back

[12] 2003 c.42.back



ISBN 978 0 11 075986 9


 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 14 March 2007


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