{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-martial-appeal-court-rules-2009/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-martial-appeal-court-rules-2009/article-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2657",
  "legislation_title": "The Court Martial Appeal Court Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-martial-appeal-court-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Reference of a question to a special commissioner",
  "text": "(1) An order made under section 30(1) of the 1968 Act or regulation 12(1) of the 2024 Regulations that a question arising on an appeal be referred to a special commissioner—\n(a) must specify the question to be referred and the person appointed to act as the special commissioner; and\n(b) may require that person to make interim reports to the court from time to time.\n(2) The court may order that copies of any report made by a special commissioner shall be furnished to the appellant and any other party to the appeal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 26(1) inserted (20.11.2024) by The Court Martial Appeal Court (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1060), rules 1(2), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2657/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:05:04.734106+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."
}