3.—(1) Any reference in these Rules to a numbered section is to that section of the Act unless otherwise stated.
(2) In these Rules—
“the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;
“the 1967 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1967 M1;
“the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;
“the CPIA Order” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2009 M2;
“advance information” has the meaning given by rule 42(2);
“bad character” has the meaning given by section 98 of the 2003 Act;
“civilian police force” means a UK police force or a British overseas territory police force;
“the court” means the Summary Appeal Court;
“DX” means document exchange;
“the judge advocate”, in relation to any proceedings, means the judge advocate specified for the proceedings under section 142(3);
“lay members” means those persons who are members of the court by virtue of section 142(1)(b) or (c);
“legal representative” means a person appointed under rule 41;
“live link” has the meaning given by rule 25(3)(a);
“pre-sentence report” has the meaning given by section 257; and
“unit” means—
a naval ship or establishment;
any body of members of Her Majesty's forces formed under the command of a person appointed to be the commanding officer of the body; or
an air force station.