Section 25

1 The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.

Serious terrorism sentence for services offences

2 After section 219 insert -

"219ZA Serious terrorism sentence: offenders aged 18 or over

(1) This section applies where -

(a) a person is convicted by the Court Martial of a serious terrorism offence (see subsection (11));

(b) the offence was committed on or after the day on which paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 came into force;

(c) the offender was aged 18 or over when the offence was committed;

(d) the court is of the required opinion (see section 223(1A));

(e) the court does not impose a sentence of custody for life or (as the case may be) a sentence of imprisonment for life; and

(f) the risk of multiple deaths condition is met.

(2) The risk of multiple deaths condition is that the court is of the opinion that -

(a) either -

(i) the serious terrorism offence, or

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