{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007/rule-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007/rule-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3442",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007",
  "path": "rule/13",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Notification of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where the commanding officer has been notified in respect of an accused under his command that the prosecuting authority 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), the commanding officer shall serve the accused with—\n(a) the prosecution papers;\n(b) a form for notifying the court administration officer of the accused’s legal representative;\n(c) 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(d) a form for acknowledgement of receipt of the documents listed at (a) to (c).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 89; section 11 is applied to proceedings before courts-martial by section 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c.80), subject to the modifications prescribed by the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (Application to Courts-Martial) (Evidence) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/173). Section 12 was amended by the Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), section 11 and Schedule 5 and the Armed Forces Act 1996, section 5 and Schedule 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3442/rule/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:03.804021+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."
}