Notification of application for an extension of custody without charge
8.—(1) Where the commanding officer proposes to make an application he, or someone acting on his behalf, shall—
(a)notify the relevant court administration officer of that fact and the necessary information; and
(b)inform the person to whom the application relates in writing of that fact and of the information specified under paragraph (2)(f), (g) and (h) and, if the person to whom the application relates has not appointed a legal adviser, of the entitlement to legal representation at the hearing of the application.
(2) The necessary information to be notified under paragraph (1)(a) is—
(a)the name, rank, appointment and location of the commanding officer;
(b)the name, date of birth and location of the person to whom the application relates and, where applicable, his rank, service number, unit and regiment or corps;
(c)the name and address of the legal adviser appointed by the person to whom the application relates, if known;
(d)the nature of the offence for which the person to whom the application relates has been arrested;
(e)the relevant time;
(f)the general nature of the evidence on which the person to whom the application relates was arrested;
(g)what inquiries relating to the offence have been made and what further inquiries are proposed; and
(h)the commanding officer’s reasons for believing the continued keeping of the person to whom the application relates in custody is justified.