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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/schedule-6/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/schedule-6/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/169",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Forwarding an appeal to the prosecuting authority",
  "text": "(1) When the higher authority receives a notice of appeal against conviction or sentence (or both) lodged under paragraph 18(3) of Schedule 3 to the Armed Forces Act 1976, he shall forward the notice to the prosecuting authority with a view to the appeal being heard by a court-martial.\n(2) On receipt of a notice under paragrph (1) above, the prosecutor shall determine whether the appeal is to be heard by general court-martial or district court-martial.\n(3) Subject to rules 4 to 6 below, these Rules shall be complied with as if the charge which is the subject of the appeal were a charge preferred against the accused under section 83B(4) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 52; Schedule 3 was amended by the Armed Forces Act 1996, section 5 and Schedule 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 83B was inserted by the Armed Forces Act 1996, section 5 and Schedule 1."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/169/schedule/6/paragraph/3",
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  },
  "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."
}