SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Amendment of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968

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1

Section 57 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

after “unless the context otherwise requires,—” insert—

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

b

omit the definitions of—

  • “the Air Force Act”;

  • “air force court-martial”;

  • “the Army Act”;

  • “army court-martial”;

  • “court-martial”;

  • “duly approved”;

  • “the Judge Advocate General”;

  • “judicial officer”;

  • “the Naval Discipline Act”;

  • “naval court-martial”;

  • “restriction order”;

  • “supervision order”;

c

in the definition of “appellant” omit “has been tried by court-martial and”;

d

after the definition of “court-martial” (omitted by virtue of sub-paragraph (b)) insert—

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

3

Omit subsections (2) to (2B).

4

In subsection (3) for the words from “the accused in the court-martial” to the end substitute “the appellant in the Appeal Court.”