{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/169",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Notification of trial",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where the commanding officer has been notified in respect of an accused under his command that the prosecutor has preferred a charge.\n(2) As soon as is practicable after receipt of the prosecution papers, the commanding officer shall notify the accused that he is to be tried by court-martial.\n(3) On notifying the accused in accordance with paragraph (2) above, the commanding officer shall serve the accused with—\n(a) the prosecution papers;\n(b) where so required by the prosecutor, a statement explaining the effect of section 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (notice of alibi) and a form for the accused’s notice of alibi;\n(c) a form for notifying the court administration officer of the accused’s legal adviser; and\n(d) a form for acknowledgement of receipt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 89; section 11 applies to proceedings before courts-martial by virtue of section 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967, subject to the modifications prescribed by the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (Application to Courts-Martial) (Evidence) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/173)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/169/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:06.653031+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."
}