Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

13 (1) Section 7 (application of Act to courts-martial) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (Act to apply with modifications where in pursuance of armed forces law a person is charged with an offence to which the Act applies), after “applies” insert “by virtue of section 2(1)”.

(3) In subsection (2) (modifications with which Act applies to courts-martial)—

(a) omit paragraph (b);

(b) for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) in section 3(1) any reference to a judge, in relation to the person charged with the offence, shall be read as a reference to the judge advocate appointed to conduct proceedings under section 3(1) relating to the offence (whether or not also appointed to conduct other preliminary proceedings relating to the offence);”;

(c) in paragraph (d), for “court” substitute “judge advocate appointed to be a member of the court-martial”; and

(d) omit paragraph (e) except for the word “and” at the end.