{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/18",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 66 of the Courts Act 2003 (judges having powers of District Judges (Magistrates' Courts))—\n(a) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) A qualifying judge advocate has the powers of a justice of the peace who is a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) in relation to criminal causes and matters.”; and\n(b) after subsection (4) insert—\n“(5) In this section “qualifying judge advocate” means—\n(a) the Judge Advocate General; or\n(b) a person appointed under section 30(1)(a) or (b) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (assistants to the Judge Advocate General).\n(6) Subsection (2A) is without prejudice to the powers conferred by this section on a person within subsection (2) where that person is also a qualifying judge advocate.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 2.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/18/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:18.120194+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."
}