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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-17.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/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Ineligibility for membership of courts-martial",
  "text": "An officer shall not be eligible to be a member of a court-martial for the trial of an accused if—\n(a) he serves under the command of—\n(i) the higher authority who referred the case against the accused to the prosecuting authority;\n(ii) the prosecuting authority; or\n(iii) the court administration officer;\n(b) he—\n(i) has a general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;\n(ii) is an advocate or a solicitor in Scotland;\n(iii) is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland;\n(iv) has in any Commonwealth country rights and duties similar to those of a barrister or solicitor in England and Wales, and is subject to punishment or disability for breach of professional rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/230",
      "affecting_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) (Amendment) Rules 2002"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/169/article/17",
    "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."
}