Amendments to Court Martial rules
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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(ii)a relevant superseded offence as defined by section 62(1A) of the 1999 Act(2) (meaning of “sexual offence” and other references to offences);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)
(2)
Section 62(1A) was inserted by paragraph 37(3) of Schedule 26 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4).