Regulations for the Navy Part IICentral Regulations · 1957
(1) For the purpose of regulations 41 to 47 an offence of leave breaking shall be deemed to be aggravated: -
(a) if the absence exceeds thirty six hours;
(b) if the absentee misses his ship or Transfer
(c) if, when leave was granted, a warning had been given that the ship was under sailing orders;
(d) if the offender was undergoing any form of punishment at the time;
(e) if there are any other particularly serious circumstances;
(2) The charge in a case of aggravated leave breaking may refer to the offence as aggravated, but the charge shall not contain anything which directly or indirectly refers to a previous offence.