Offences made under the Armed Forces Act 2006

15 statutory instruments made under this Act create 76 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 2009 · 25 offences
• The Armed Forces (Interpretation, Translation and Alcohol and Drug Tests) Rules 2013 2013 · 8 offences
• The Armed Forces (Retrial for Serious Offences) Order 2013 2013 · 6 offences
• The Armed Forces (Service Inquiries) Regulations 2008 2008 · 6 offences
• The Armed Forces (Powers of Stop and Search, Search, Seizure and Retention) Order 2009 2009 · 5 offences
• The Armed Forces (Service Court Rules) (Amendment) Rules 2022 2022 · 4 offences
• The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009 2009 · 4 offences
• The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008 2008 · 4 offences
• The Armed Forces (Alcohol Limits for Prescribed Safety-Critical Duties) Regulations 2013 2013 · 3 offences
• The Court Martial (Prosecution Appeals) Order 2009 2009 · 3 offences
• The Armed Forces (Forfeiture of Service) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 2009 · 2 offences
• The Armed Forces (Review of Court Martial Sentence) Order 2009 2009 · 2 offences
• The Armed Forces (Forfeiture of Service) Regulations 2009 2009 · 2 offences
• The Armed Forces (Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Regulations 2009 2009 · 1 offence
• The Armed Forces (Enlistment) Regulations 2009 2009 · 1 offence