Regulation 15 Application to vary or revoke witness notice
If a witness notice has been issued, and the person to whom it is addressed applies in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 and satisfies a judge advocate that—
he is unable to comply with the witness notice; or
it is not reasonable in all the circumstances to require him to comply with it,
the judge advocate must vary or revoke the witness notice.
Where the judge advocate varies or revokes a witness notice, the judge advocate may order that the person to whom the witness notice was addressed shall be paid by the relevant authority the whole or a specified part of his costs of the application under paragraph (1).
In paragraph (2) the “relevant authority” means the convening authority or (where the Defence Council has caused an inquiry to be held under regulation 4(4) the Defence Council or a person appointed by the Defence Council to carry out any function of a convening authority.