Article 2 Administration of oaths

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 2(2) words substituted by Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) 2006 Sch. 1 para. 59(2)
art. 2(2A) inserted by Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) 2006 Sch. 1 para. 59(3)
art 2 am by Summary Appeal Courts (Warrant Officers) 2004 art 7(2)

(1)

For the purposes of section 83ZK of the Air Force Act 1955—

(a)

the Judge Advocate General shall, subject to paragraph (2), administer the oath to be sworn by a judge advocate; and

(b)

a judge advocate shall administer the oath to be sworn by a lay member of the court, and the oath shall be in such form and administered in such manner as provided in the Schedule to this Order.

(2)

Where the oath is to be sworn by the Judge Advocate General, it shall be administered to him by the Lord Chancellor.

(3)

In this Order—

“judge advocate” means a judge advocate appointed under section 83ZB of the Air Force Act 1955; and
“lay member of the court” means an officer qualified for membership of the summary appeal court under section 83ZC of the Air Force Act 1955.