Commentary on provisions of Act Section 15: Driving disqualification
This section amends the AFA 2006 to introduce the punishment of a driving disqualification order. Driving offences under the law of England and Wales are also service offences under section 42 of the AFA 2006. An offender convicted by the Court Martial of a service offence under the AFA 2006 which is connected to driving is liable to any punishment listed in section 164 of the AFA 2006, though prior to the AFA 2021 this did not include disqualification from driving. This section extends the punishments available to the Court Martial to enable the court to disqualify a person from driving. The provisions are modelled on the provision for driving disqualification orders which are available in the civilian context in England and Wales under section 162 of the Sentencing Act 2020.