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In practice, these offences are dealt with by commanding officers, rather than the service police, despite the high maximum sentences available for them. Clause 16 is not intended to apply to all offences. Rather, it is intentionally limited to offences that fall outside the commanding officer’s investigative jurisdiction. It is worth noting that the 2009 order limits the scope in this way in sub-paragraph (b) of Part 1, which refers to: