{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-martial-appeal-court-rules-2009/article-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-martial-appeal-court-rules-2009/article-59.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/59",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Variation or withdrawal of notice of reference or application for permission",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where the Attorney General wants to vary or withdraw—\n(a) a notice of reference of a case; or\n(b) an application for permission to refer a case.\n(2) The Attorney General—\n(a) may vary or withdraw the notice of reference of a case or the application for permission to refer a case without the court's permission by serving notice on—\n(i) the registrar, and\n(ii) the person to whom proceedings relate,\nbefore any hearing of the reference or application for permission; but\n(b) at any such hearing, may only vary or withdraw the notice of reference of a case or the application for permission to refer a case with the court's permission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2657/article/59",
    "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."
}