The Armed Forces (Appeals Against Review of Sentence) Regulations 2024

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1968 Act” means the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968(1);

“the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;

“advocacy services” means any services which it would be reasonable to expect a person who is exercising, or contemplating exercising, a right of audience in relation to any proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, to provide;

“Appeal Court” means the Court Martial Appeal Court(2);

“appellant” means the person who applies for leave to appeal, or who is granted leave to appeal under Parts 2 or 3 of these Regulations;

“Director of Service Prosecutions” has the meaning given by section 374 of the 2006 Act;

“expert witness costs” means amounts payable in respect of the services of an expert witness, including amounts payable in connection with attendance by the witness at court or elsewhere;

“legal costs” means fees, charges, disbursements and other amounts payable in respect of advocacy services or litigation services including, in particular, expert witness costs;

“litigation services” means any services which it would be reasonable to expect a person who is exercising, or contemplating exercising, a right to conduct litigation in relation to proceedings, or contemplated proceedings, to provide;

“offender” means the person in respect of whom the referral under section 304D(4) or 304E(2) of the 2006 Act is made;

“the registrar” means the registrar of the Appeal Court;

“the Rules” means Rules of Court made under regulation 39;

“sentence”, in relation to an offence, includes any order made by a court when dealing with an offender.

(1)

1968 c. 20, section 272 of, and paragraph 53 of Schedule 8 to, the 2006 Act amends section 61(1) of the 1968 Act to provide for that Act to be cited as the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968.

(2)

The Court Martial Appeal Court is established by section 1 of the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968 (c. 20)