# The Armed Forces (Conditional Release from Custody) Order 2009, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In this Order—
“the 1955 Acts” means the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955;
“the 1957 Act” means the Naval Discipline Act 1957;
“the 1994 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;
“the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;
“bail” means release from custody subject to conditions, and “released on bail” and other cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“child” means a person under the age of fourteen;
“court administration officer” means the officer appointed under section 363(2) of the 2006 Act;
“court-martial” means a court-martial constituted under either of the 1955 Acts or the 1957 Act;
“custodian” means the governor, keeper or commandant of the prison or other place of detention in which the person to be granted bail is detained;
“Director of Service Prosecutions” means the person appointed under section 364 of the 2006 Act;
“judge advocate” has the same meaning as in section 362 of the 2006 Act;
“surrender to custody” means, in relation to a person who has been granted bail, surrendering himself to the custody of a court or person (according to the requirements of the grant of bail) at the time and place for the time being appointed for him to do so;
“vary”, in relation to bail, means imposing further conditions after bail is granted, or varying or rescinding conditions; and
“young person” means (except in article 4) a person who has attained the age of fourteen but is under the age of seventeen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/991/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-conditional-release-from-custody-order-2009/article-2
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