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20.—(1) A person may only—
(a)represent the commanding officer or, as the case may be, the person to whom the proceedings relate, at a hearing;
(b)be appointed under rule 19(2) as a legal adviser,
if he is appropriately qualified.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person is appropriately qualified if—
(a)he is a person who has a general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990(1);
(b)he is an advocate or a solicitor in Scotland;
(c)he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland;
(d)he is a person who has 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.
1990 c. 41; subsection (6) of section 71 was substituted, and subsections (7) and (8) were repealed, by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).
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