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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-prosecution-appeals-supplementary-provisions-order-2006/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1788",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Prosecution Appeals) (Supplementary Provisions) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-prosecution-appeals-supplementary-provisions-order-2006",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, application and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Courts-Martial (Prosecution Appeals) (Supplementary Provisions) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006.\n(2) This Order shall only apply to trials by courts-martial which commence on or after 1st August 2006.\n(3) For the purposes of this Order, trials by courts-martial commence immediately after the last court member has been sworn.\n(4) In this Order—\n(a) “the 1955 Acts” means the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955;\n(b) “the 1957 Act” means the Naval Discipline Act 1957;\n(c) “the 2006 Order” means the Courts-Martial (Prosecution Appeals) Order 2006;\n(d) “court-martial” means a court-martial convened under section 84C of the 1955 Acts or under section 53C of the 1957 Act;\n(e) “appeal” means an appeal against a ruling under article 4 of the 2006 Order and “application for leave to appeal” should be construed accordingly;\n(f) “business day” means any day other than—\n(i) a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day or Good Friday; or\n(ii) a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales;\n(g) “accused” means a party in whose favour the ruling was made which is the subject of the appeal;\n(h) “interested party” means a person other than the accused who—\n(i) is a party to the trial by court-martial;\n(ii) may be affected by the decision of the judge advocate under article 5(1) of the 2006 Order as to whether or not the appeal should be expedited; and\n(iii) is permitted by the judge advocate or the Courts-Martial Appeal Court to make representations on that issue.\n(i) “the registrar” means the registrar of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court;\n(j) “a single judge” means a single judge of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court;\n(k) “the judge advocate” means—\n(i) in the case of a court-martial convened under the 1955 Acts, the judge advocate appointed by or on behalf of the Judge Advocate General to be a member of the court-martial; or\n(ii) in the case of a court-martial convened under the 1957 Act, the judge advocate appointed by or on behalf of the Judge Advocate of Her Majesty’s Fleet.\n(5) References to a form are references to a form set out in the Schedule to these Rules or a form with the same effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1955 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1955 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1957 c. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1786."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 84B of both of the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 53B of the 1957 Act as amended by the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (Remedial) Order 2004, (S.I. 2004/66)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1788/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:26:19.268675+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."
}