Amendments to Court Martial rules

8.  In rule 89(1) (interpretation of Chapter 6), in the definition of “sexual offence”—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) an offence which is—

(i) an offence under Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(1), or

(ii) a relevant superseded offence as defined by section 62(1A) of the 1999 Act(2) (meaning of “sexual offence” and other references to offences);

(b) an offence of attempting or conspiring to commit, or of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring or inciting the commission of, such an offence; or”.

(1)

2003 c. 42.

(2)

Section 62(1A) was inserted by paragraph 37(3) of Schedule 26 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4).