The Armed Forces (Evidence of Illegal Absence and Transfer to Service Custody) Regulations 2009
Section 316(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (“the Act”) requires a civilian court to transfer to service custody, or to release with conditions, a person subject to service law who is believed to be illegally absent, provided that such a person either admits to being subject to service law and being illegally absent or the court has a certificate signed by such a person’s commanding officer detailing specified information about that person.