Article 3 Interpretation: general

Any reference in these Rules to a numbered section is to that section of the Act unless otherwise stated.

In these Rules—

• “the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;

• “the 1967 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1967 M1;

• “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

• “the CPIA Order” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2009 M2;

• “advance information” has the meaning given by rule 42(2);

• “bad character” has the meaning given by section 98 of the 2003 Act;

• “civilian police force” means a UK police force or a British overseas territory police force;

• F1“the complainant”, in relation to any offence (or alleged offence), means a person against or in relation to whom the offence was (or is alleged to have been) committed;

• “the court” means the Summary Appeal Court;

• “DX” means document exchange;

• “the judge advocate”, in relation to any proceedings, means the judge advocate specified for the proceedings under section 142(3);

• “lay members” means those persons who are members of the court by virtue of section 142(1)(b) or (c);

• “legal representative” means a person appointed under rule 41;

• “live link” has the meaning given by rule 25(3)(a);

• “pre-sentence report” has the meaning given by section 257; and

• “unit” means—

  1. (a)

     a naval ship or establishment;

  2. (b)

     any body of members of Her Majesty's forces formed under the command of a person appointed to be the commanding officer of the body; or

  3. (c)

     an air force station.