[276B Cases where person has been detained for at least 10 years]
Armed Forces Act 2006 (2006 c 52) | Legislation

[276B  Cases where person has been detained for at least 10 years]

[(1)     For the purposes of section 276A(5) this section applies to any case where the person concerned (“P”) has been in qualifying detention for a period (or total period) of at least 10 years by the time when—

(a)     the conviction is reversed, or

(b)     the pardon is given,

as mentioned in section 276(1).

(2)     P was “in qualifying detention” at any time when P was detained in a prison, a hospital or at any other place, if P was so detained—

(a)     by virtue of a sentence passed in respect of the relevant offence,

(b)     under mental health legislation by reason of P's conviction of that offence (disregarding any conditions other than the fact of the conviction that had to be fulfilled in order for P to be so detained), or

(c)

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