# The Armed Forces (Retrial for Serious Offences) Order 2013, Article 31: Abandonment of the application

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) An application under article 8(1) may be abandoned by the prosecuting officer before the hearing of that application by serving notice of abandonment in the form set out as Form 7 in Schedule 2 on the registrar and the acquitted person.
(2) On receiving notice of abandonment the registrar must—
(a) date it;
(b) serve a dated copy on the prosecuting officer and the acquitted person; and
(c) treat the application as if it had been refused or dismissed by the Court Martial Appeal Court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1852/article/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-retrial-for-serious-offences-order-2013/article-31
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