Paragraph 1 Interpretation

In this Schedule—

• “AA 1955” means the Army Act 1955 M1;

• “AFA 1955” means the Air Force Act 1955 M2;

• “the Army Rules” means the Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 2007 M3;

• “commencement” means the time at which these Rules come into force;

• “court-martial rules” means the RN Rules, the Army Rules and the RAF Rules (or any of them);

• “NDA 1957” means the Naval Discipline Act 1957 M4;

• “preliminary hearing” means a preliminary hearing held under court-martial rules;

• “the RAF Rules” means the Courts-Martial (Royal Air Force) Rules 2007 M5;

• “the RN Rules” means the Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 2007 M6;

• “the SDAs” means AA 1955, AFA 1955 and NDA 1957;

• “SDA compensation order” means a compensation order under paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 5A to AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or of Schedule 4A to NDA 1957;

• “SDA offence” means any of the following—

  1. (a)

     any offence under Part 2 of AA 1955 or AFA 1955;

  2. (b)

     any offence under Part 1 of NDA 1957;

  3. (c)

     an offence under section 47K of that Act;

  4. (d)

     an offence under section 18 or 20 of the Armed Forces Act 1991 M7 committed before commencement;

  5. (e)

     an offence under any of sections 95 to 97 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 M8 committed before commencement;

  6. (f)

     an offence under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to that Act committed before commencement by a person within sub-paragraph (2) below;

• “stoppages” has the same meaning as in AA 1955, AFA 1955 or NDA 1957 (as the case may be).

A person is within this sub-paragraph if—