Offences against military law in the United Kingdom

The main Offences against military law in the United Kingdom are set out in the Armed Forces Act 2006.

The offences fall into two main categories, discipline offences and criminal conduct offences. A second distinction is between those offences that can be dealt with by a Commanding Officer in a summary hearing, and those that can only be heard by the Court Martial.

Discipline offences are those offences that can only be committed by members of the armed forces or, in a few cases, by a civilian subject to service discipline.

The table below lists the principal discipline offences, and indicates for each offence:

Note: Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 only applies to the sentences of 2.5 years or less.

Note: prisoner can be a service person, prisoner of war or other detainee

The military offence of criminal conduct covers anything done anywhere in the world that, if done in England and Wales, would be against the civilian criminal law.

A Commanding Officer can deal with some criminal conduct offences committed by a service person at a summary hearing, including:

Some more serious offences can be dealt with summarily with the permission of a major general or equivalent:

Criminal conduct offences committed by a civilian subject to service discipline (such as a contractor or civil servant supporting operations) are dealt with by the Service Civilian Court if they could be tried by a Magistrates' Court in England and Wales.

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