Part II Trial and punishment of offences

Custody

F147M Judicial officers.

(1)

Judicial officers shall be appointed for the purposes of this Act by the F2Judge Advocate General .

(2)

No person shall be appointed under this section unless—

(a)

he is qualified under section 53B(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

F4(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 F2Judge 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).