The Armed Forces (Review of Court Martial Sentence) Order 2009 (SI 2009 No. 1168) was made on 5 May 2009 and comes into force on 31 October 2009. Article 3 of the Order provides that any case of a description specified in the Schedule to the Order shall be specified for the purposes of s. 273(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006. Section 273 of the 2006 Act empowers the Attorney-General to refer cases to the Court Martial Appeal Court, with the leave of that court, if he considers that the sentence imposed by the Court Martial was unduly lenient and if the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales would be indictable only or if the case is of a description specified for the purposes of s. 273(3).
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