2005 No. 3485
The Courts-Martial (Royal Air Force) (Amendment) Rules 2005
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 103(2) of the Air Force Act 19551:
Citation and commencement1
These Rules may be cited as the Courts-Martial (Royal Air Force) (Amendment) Rules 2005 and shall come into force on 2nd February 2006.
Amendment of Rules2
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (1) of rule 43 of the Courts-Martial (Royal Air Force) Rules2—
1A
The jurisdiction of the court to make an order3—
a
as to the payment of costs incurred by a party to the proceedings as a result of an unnecessary or improper act or omission by or on behalf of another party to the proceedings; or
b
disallowing or ordering the legal or other representative as defined in section 27(3) of the Armed Forces Act 20014 to meet the whole or any part of any wasted costs as there defined
may be exercised by the judge advocate sitting alone and he may direct the other members of the court to withdraw for the purpose of exercising the jurisdiction.
(This note is not part of the Order)