{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007/rule-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007/rule-39.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/39",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Challenges and oaths at a preliminary hearing",
  "text": "(1) At the commencement of the preliminary hearing (not made under rule 38) the accused shall be entitled to object to the judge advocate and any interpreter.\n(2) At the commencement of the preliminary hearing the judge advocate, or any other member of the court staff on his behalf, shall administer an oath to any interpreter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3442/rule/39",
    "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."
}