{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-hearing-and-activation-of-suspended-sentences-of-service-detention-rules-2009/rule-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-hearing-and-activation-of-suspended-sentences-of-service-detention-rules-2009/rule-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1216",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Summary Hearing and Activation of Suspended Sentences of Service Detention) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-hearing-and-activation-of-suspended-sentences-of-service-detention-rules-2009",
  "path": "rule/18",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Further questioning of witnesses",
  "text": "(1) Where he considers that it would be in the interests of fairness to the accused to do so, the commanding officer may at any time before determining whether or not the charge has been proved give the accused a further opportunity to question any witness whose evidence has been adduced.\n(2) Where the accused has had an opportunity to question a witness by virtue of paragraph (1), the commanding officer may question the witness.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 18 in force at 31.10.2009, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1216/rule/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:09.647380+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."
}