{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-proceedings-rules-2009/article-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-proceedings-rules-2009/article-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1098",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Custody Proceedings) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-proceedings-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Oaths and affirmations",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where under these Rules an oath is required to be administered to a person.\n(2) Sections 1 and 3 to 6 of the Oaths Act 1978 shall apply, as modified by paragraph (3), as they would apply if the person were required to take an oath in England and Wales.\n(3) Where section 1 or 6 of that Act applies by virtue of this rule, the reference in that section to the words of the oath prescribed by law is to be read as a reference to the words prescribed by Schedule 1 for a person of the class to which the person belongs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1098/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:41.284954+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."
}