238 Deciding the seriousness of an offence
Armed Forces Act 2006 (2006 c 52) | Legislation

238  Deciding the seriousness of an offence

(1)     A court or officer dealing with an offender for a service offence (“the current offence”) must in considering the seriousness of the offence—

(a)     consider the offender's culpability in committing the offence and any harm which the offence caused, was intended to cause or could foreseeably have caused;

(b)     if the offender has one or more previous convictions, treat as an aggravating factor each previous conviction that the court or officer considers can reasonably be so treated;

(c)     if the offender committed the current offence while—

(i)     charged with another service offence and released from service custody, or

(ii)     on bail,

treat the fact

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