{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-hearing-and-activation-of-suspended-sentences-of-service-detention-rules-2009/rule-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-hearing-and-activation-of-suspended-sentences-of-service-detention-rules-2009/rule-25.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/25",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Rectification of errors",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) the commanding officer has not yet determined whether the charge has been proved, and\n(b) there has been a failure to comply with any provision of these Rules,\nthe commanding officer may if possible rectify the failure unless to do so would in his opinion be unfair to the accused.\n(2) Where—\n(a) the commanding officer has determined that the charge has been proved but has not yet awarded a punishment, and\n(b) there has been a failure to comply with rule 22 or any provision of these rules in respect of sentencing,\nthe commanding officer may if possible rectify the failure unless to do so would in his opinion be unfair to the accused.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 25 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/25",
    "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."
}