51(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.”