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Paragraph 234 I1I2

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

(1)

Schedule 6 to that Act (modifications for armed forces of provisions about evidence of bad character) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 3—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1) for “courts-martial” substitute “ the Court Martial ”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i)

in paragraph (a) for “judge and jury” substitute “ a judge and jury ”;

(ii)

also in paragraph (a) for “court-martial” substitute “ the Court Martial ”;

(iii)

in paragraph (c) for “dissolve” substitute “ discharge ”;

(c)

in sub-paragraph (4)—

(i)

in the paragraph substituted by paragraph (a), for the words from “section 115B(2) of the Army” to “1957” substitute “ section 167 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 ”;

(ii)

in paragraph (c) for “dissolve” substitute “ discharge ”;

(d)

in the subsection substituted by sub-paragraph (5), for “dissolve” substitute “ discharge ”.

(3)

In the subsection substituted by paragraph 4 of that Schedule—

(a)

in paragraph (a) for “a court-martial” substitute “ the Court Martial ”;

(b)

in paragraph (b) for “a Standing Civilian Court” substitute “ the Summary Appeal Court or the Service Civilian Court ”.

(4)

For paragraph 6 substitute—

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In this Schedule “service court” means—

(a)

the Court Martial;

(b)

the Summary Appeal Court;

(c)

the Service Civilian Court; or

(d)

the Court Martial Appeal Court.”

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 16 para. 234 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

I2

Sch. 16 para. 234 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act expires on 15.12.2022 by virtue of s. 382 (as substituted (15.12.2021) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 1(1), 24(2)(a)) (subject to power to continue in s. 382(2)(3) as so substituted)