[270A Exception to restrictions on community punishments]
Armed Forces Act 2006 (2006 c 52) | Legislation

[270A  Exception to restrictions on community punishments]

[(1)     If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, the power to award a community punishment in respect of an offence (“the current offence”) may be exercised even though the court would not otherwise regard—

(a)     the current offence, or

(b)     the combination of the current offence and one or more offences associated with it,

as serious enough to warrant a community punishment (despite the effect of section 238(1)(b)).

(2)     The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a)     that the offender was aged 16 or over when convicted of the current offence;

(b)     that

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