Section 48 sets out the territorial extent of the Act, that is the jurisdictions for which the Act forms part of the law. The extent of an Act can be different from its application. Application is about where an Act produces a practical effect.
	The Act extends and applies to England and Wales only, with the following exceptions:
Section 8 (sentence with fixed licence period: Scotland) extends and applies to Scotland;
Section 9 (sentence with fixed licence period: Northern Ireland) extends and applies to Northern Ireland;
Section 13(6) and (7) (rehabilitation activity requirement renamed probation requirement – transfer of community orders and suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland) extend and apply to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Section 18 (power to add to or alter requirements) extends and applies to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland;
Sections 34(4) and (5) (repeal of provisions relating to supervision after end of sentence) extend and apply to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland;
Section 39(7) (termination of supervision period of suspended sentence order) extends and applies to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland;
Section 45 (deportation of foreign criminals) extends and applies to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland;
Part 5 extends and applies to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
	The Act makes a number of amendments to the Armed Forces Act 2006 or provisions applied by that Act ("armed forces provisions"). The provisions in the Act which are relevant to the armed forces extend directly to the Isle of Man and the British overseas territories except Gibraltar (subject to a power to modify them as they extend there). They apply to armed forces personnel and civilians subject to service discipline wherever they are in the world.
	Subsections (1) and (2) of section 384 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 apply to the armed forces provisions in this Act, which means that His Majesty may by Order in Council provide for those provisions to extend to the Channel Islands, with such modifications as may be specified in the Order.
Territorial extent and application