{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-16.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/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Convening the court",
  "text": "(1) On receipt of a copy of the prosecution papers, the court administration officer shall order a court-martial to convene to try the accused.\n(2) Not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the trial, a copy of the convening order shall be served on—\n(a) the accused; and\n(b) the officer members of the court, the Judge Advocate General (or his deputy) and the prosecuting authority,\n(3) If the court administration officer amends or withdraws the order convening the court-martial, he shall serve a copy of the amended order or serve notice in writing as appropriate on—\n(a) the accused; and\n(b) the officer members of the court, the Judge Advocate General (or his deputy) and the prosecuting authority.\n(4) The court administration officer may not withdraw the order convening a court-martial after the time appointed for the trial.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/230",
      "affecting_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) (Amendment) Rules 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/169/article/16",
    "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."
}