# The Court Martial Appeal Court (Amendment) Rules 2024, Rule 3: Amendment to rule 2 (interpretation)


In rule 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in the appropriate places insert—
““the 2024 Regulations” means the Armed Forces (Appeals Against Review of Sentence) Regulations 2024;”;
““offender” means a person on whom the Court Martial has passed a sentence;”;
(b) in the definition of “person to whom proceedings relate”—
(i) in paragraphs (a) and (b), after “defendant” insert “or offender ”;
(ii) after paragraph (h) insert— “;
“(i) with respect to an appeal under section 304D or 304E of the 2006 Act, the offender”;
(c) in the definition of “preliminary proceedings”, in paragraph (b)—
(i) after “purpose of”, insert “—”;
(ii) “trial proceedings against a defendant;” becomes sub-paragraph (i);
(iii) after that sub-paragraph, insert—
“(ii) proceedings under section 304D or 304E of the 2006 Act;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1060/rule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-martial-appeal-court-amendment-rules-2024/rule-3
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