Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II (ss. 24-143) applied (1.6.1996) by Armed Force Act 1991 (c. 62, SIF 7:1), ss. 18(9)(b), 20(10)(b); S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 75-75E and cross-heading substituted (2.10.2000) for s. 75 by 2000 c. 4, s. 1(2); S.I. 2000/2366, art. 2 (with transitional provisions in art. 3, Sch. para. 14)
(1)Judicial officers shall be appointed for the purposes of this Act by the Judge Advocate General.
(2)No person shall be appointed under this section unless—
(a)he is qualified under section 84B(2) of this Act for appointment as the judge advocate in relation to a court-martial, F3. . .
(b)he has, and has had for at least five years, in any Commonwealth country or any colony rights and duties similar to those of a barrister or solicitor in England and Wales, and is subject to punishment or disability for breach of professional rules.][F4or
(c)immediately before his appointment, he holds a relevant judicial appointment in any Commonwealth country or colony and has professional or educational qualifications in law which appear to the Judge Advocate General to be appropriate.]
[F5(3)In subsection (2)(c), “relevant judicial appointment”, in relation to a Commonwealth country or colony, means an appointment by virtue of which he is capable of exercising, in criminal proceedings in that country or colony, functions similar to the functions exercisable, in criminal proceedings in England and Wales, by a judge of the Supreme Court, a Circuit judge or a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts).]
Textual Amendments
F2S. 75L inserted (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 4, s. 7(1); S.I. 2000/2366, art. 2 (with transitional provisions in art. 3, Sch. para. 14)
F3Word in s. 75L(2)(a) repealed (1.10.2001) by 2001 c. 19, ss. 34, 38, Sch. 6 Pt. 6 para. 35(2), Sch. 7 Pt. 7; S.I. 2001/3234, art. 2
F4S. 75L(2)(c) and the preceding word “or” inserted (1.10.2001) by 2001 c. 19, s. 34, Sch. 6 Pt. 6 para. 35(2); S.I. 2001/3234, art. 2
F5S. 75L(3) inserted (1.10.2001) by 2001 c. 19, s. 34, Sch. 6 Pt. 6 para. 35(3); S.I. 2001/3234, art. 2
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F6Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2
F7Act repealed (1.1.2008 for the repeal of s. 180 only) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2007/2913, art. 3 (with art. 4(1)(2))