{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-appeal-court-rules-2009/article-88I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-appeal-court-rules-2009/article-88I.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1211",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Summary Appeal Court) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-appeal-court-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/88I",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "88I",
  "heading": "Power to order appellant’s release from detention",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where an appellant is in detention by virtue of an SAC punishment.\n(2) The judge advocate may order that the appellant be released immediately if, within the period of 56 days beginning on the day which the SAC punishment was awarded or confirmed, it appears to the judge advocate that—\n(a) the court had no power to award or confirm such a punishment, or\n(b) the maximum term for which the court had power to award or confirm such a punishment has expired.\n(3) The power conferred by this rule may not be exercised in relation to any SAC punishment if an appeal, or an application for leave to appeal, against the SAC punishment has been determined.\n(4) This rule is without prejudice to any other provision in this Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 12A inserted (13.11.2023) by The Armed Forces (Amendment of Court Rules) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1097), rules 1(2), 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1211/article/88I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:13.432090+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."
}