The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009 No. 2041

PART 4 U.K. MEMBERS OF THE COURT

[F1 Disapplication of rule 29 U.K.

29A.   Rule 29 does not apply to—

(a) sentencing proceedings where the sole defendant has entered a guilty plea before the commencement of trial proceedings;

(b) sentencing proceedings where there are two or more co-defendants, and each co-defendant has entered a guilty plea before the commencement of trial proceedings; F2 ...

(c) variation proceedings where paragraph (a) or (b) applied to the sentencing proceedings in which the sentence which falls to be varied was imposed] [F3 ; and

(d) review of sentence proceedings where paragraph (a) or (b) applied to the sentencing proceedings in which the sentence which falls to be reviewed was imposed.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Rule 29A inserted (1.8.2013) by The Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1851), rules 1, 4

F2 Word in rule 29A omitted (16.10.2024) by virtue of The Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1036), rules 1(2), 10(a)

F3 Rule 29A(d) and word inserted (16.10.2024) by The Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1036), rules 1(2), 10(b)