Amendment of the Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009
6.—(1) Rule 62 (notification of witnesses) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Where any person is required to give evidence in any proceedings, the person must be notified of the time and place at which they are required to attend by—
(a)the Director, if the person is required to give evidence by the Director; or
(b)the court administration officer.”.
(3) For paragraph (4) substitute—
“(4) Where the Director is required to notify a person under this rule and in the opinion of the Director it is not reasonably practicable to do so, the Director must give notice of that fact to the judge advocate.
(5) Where the court administration officer is required to notify a person under this rule or serve a witness summons on a person and in the opinion of the court administration officer it is not reasonably practicable to do so, the court administration officer must give notice of that fact to the judge advocate and the party who wishes the person to attend.”.