{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-8/paragraph-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-8/paragraph-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/30",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For section 27 (presence of appellant at hearing) substitute—\n“Right of appellant to be present\n27 (1) An appellant (whether or not in custody) is entitled to be present on the hearing of his appeal.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an appellant in custody—\n(a) where his appeal is on a ground involving only a question of law,\n(b) on an application by him for leave to appeal, or\n(c) on any proceedings preliminary or incidental to an appeal,\nunless the Appeal Court give him leave to be present.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 30 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 30 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2011/18",
      "affecting_title": "Armed Forces Act 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/8/paragraph/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}