Commentary First Group of Parts – Discipline Part 2 – Jurisdiction and Time Limits Section 57: Time limit for charging person formerly subject to service law
145.Where a person is alleged to have committed a service offence while he was subject to service law, and was not a volunteer reservist or an ex-regular reservist subject to an additional duties commitment, this section provides that he cannot be charged with the offence more than six months after he ceased to be subject to service law. This is subject to section 61(2), which allows the charge to be brought if the Attorney General consents.