# The Armed Forces (Summary Appeal Court) Rules 2009, Article 79: Submission of no case to answer


(1) At the close of the case for the respondent an appellant may submit, in respect of any charge, that the Director has failed to establish a case for him to answer.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of rule 40, the judge advocate shall hear and rule on such a submission in the absence of the lay members.
(3) If such a submission is allowed, the judge advocate shall direct the court to quash the finding.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1211/article/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-appeal-court-rules-2009/article-79
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.