Introductory text
Courts-martial (appeals)
Made 2nd October 2009
Laid before Parliament 6th October 2009
Coming into force 31st October 2009
The Lord Chief Justice, in exercise of the power conferred by section 49 of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 M1, including that section as extended by section 163(9) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 M2, and with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, makes the following Rules:
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
1968 c. 20; section 49 was amended and partly repealed by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 12(2) and Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 9 and by section 146 and Schedule 18, Part 1. The amendments provide for rules under section 49 to be made in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2005 Act.
- M2
2006 c. 52. By section 163(3)(i) of that Act, Court Martial rules may make provision for appeals against orders or rulings as there set out. Section 163(9) of that Act enables Court Martial rules to confer jurisdiction on the Court Martial Appeal Court and confirms that rules under section 49 of the 1968 Act may make provision about the powers of the Court Martial Appeal Court in relation to appeals made by virtue of section 163(3)(i).