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Armed Forces Act 2006

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50 Jurisdiction of the Court Martial

(1) The Court Martial has jurisdiction to try any service offence. (2) In this Act “service offence” means— (a) any offence under Part 1; (aa) an offence under section 93A, 93E or 93G (testing for alcohol or drugs on suspicion); (b) an offence under section 107 (breach of requirement imposed on release from custody); (c) an offence under section 229 (breach of service restraining order); (d) an offence under section 266 (failure to comply with financial statement order); (e) an offence under section 305 (random drug testing); (f) any offence under regulations under section 328 (false answer during enlistment in a regular force) or section 343 (service inquiries) that the regulations provide is a service offence; (fa) an offence under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2A (offences committed by a lay member of the Court Martial); (fb) an offence under paragraph 5 of that Schedule (disclosing information about members' deliberations etc) committed by a person described in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph; (g) an offence under section 18 or 20 of the Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62) (orders for the protection of children); (h) an offence under any of sections 95 to 97 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14) (reserve forces offences); or (i) an offence under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to that Act (false answer during enlistment in a reserve force) committed by a person within paragraph 5(3) of that Schedule.

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50 Jurisdiction of the Court Martial

(1) The Court Martial has jurisdiction to try any service offence. (2) In this Act “service offence” means— (a) any offence under Part 1; (aa) an offence under section 93A, 93E or 93G (testing for alcohol or drugs on suspicion); (b) an offence under section 107 (breach of requirement imposed on release from custody); (c) an offence under section 229 (breach of service restraining order); (d) an offence under section 266 (failure to comply with financial statement order); (e) an offence under section 305 (random drug testing); (f) any offence under regulations under section 328 (false answer during enlistment in a regular force) or section 343 (service inquiries) that the regulations provide is a service offence; (fa) an offence under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2A (offences committed by a lay member of the Court Martial); (fb) an offence under paragraph 5 of that Schedule (disclosing information about members' deliberations etc) committed by a person described in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph; (g) an offence under section 18 or 20 of the Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62) (orders for the protection of children); (h) an offence under any of sections 95 to 97 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14) (reserve forces offences); or (i) an offence under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to that Act (false answer during enlistment in a reserve force) committed by a person within paragraph 5(3) of that Schedule.

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