# Armed Forces Act 2006, Paragraph 51


(1) Section 57 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a) after “unless the context otherwise requires,—” insert—
““the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;”;
(b) omit the definitions of—
“the Air Force Act”;
“air force court-martial”;
“the Army Act”;
“army court-martial”;
“court-martial”;
“duly approved”;
“the Judge Advocate General”;
“judicial officer”;
“the Naval Discipline Act”;
“naval court-martial”;
“restriction order”;
“supervision order”;
(c) in the definition of “appellant” omit “has been tried by court-martial and”;
(d) after the definition of “court-martial” (omitted by virtue of sub-paragraph (b)) insert—
““Director of Service Prosecutions” has the meaning given by section 374 of the 2006 Act;”.
(3) Omit subsections (2) to (2B).
(4) In subsection (3) for the words from “the accused in the court-martial” to the end substitute “ the appellant in the Appeal Court. ”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/8/paragraph/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/schedule-8/paragraph-51
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