Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 in force at 1.4.1997 (subject to savings) by S.I. 1997/304, art. 2 (with art. 3)
60U.K.In section 61 (courts-martial to sit in open court), after subsection (2) there shall be added the following subsections—
“(3)A court-martial shall sit in closed court while deliberating on their finding and sentence on any charge.
(4)A court-martial may sit in closed court on any other deliberation amongst the members.
(5)Where a court-martial sits in closed court no person shall be present except the members of the court and such other persons as may be prescribed by rules under section 58 of this Act.
(6)The judge advocate shall not be present while the other members of the court are deliberating on their finding on any charge.
(7)Any ruling or direction of the judge advocate on a question of law (including a question of procedure or practice) shall be given in open court.
(8)The judge advocate may determine, and give rulings on, questions of law (including questions of procedure and practice) in the absence of the other members of the court.”