Armed Forces Act 1996

26(1)Section 95 (dissolution of courts-martial) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)for the words “whether before or after” there shall be substituted the word “before”; and

(b)for the word “convening” in both places it appears there shall be substituted the words “court administration”.

(3)After subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(1A)Where, after the commencement of the trial, it appears to the judge advocate necessary or expedient in the interests of the administration of justice that a court-martial should be dissolved, he may by order dissolve the court-martial.

(4)In subsection (3), for the words “convening officer” there shall be substituted the words “judge advocate”.

(5)Subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.