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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-prosecution-appeals-supplementary-provisions-order-2006/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Accused in custody",
  "text": "(1) An accused in custody is not entitled to be present in person at the hearing of an appeal or application for leave to appeal, unless the Courts-Martial Appeal Court so directs.\n(2) However, an accused in custody may participate in such a hearing, without a direction of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, by way of live television link if he is able to see and hear the court and to be seen and heard by it.\n(3) In directing whether an accused in custody shall be present in person under paragraph (1) the Courts-Martial Appeal Court must take into account—\n(a) any representations of the prosecutor and the accused;\n(b) the availability and reliability of live television link facilities;\n(c) any practical difficulties with the physical attendance of the accused; and\n(d) whether or not the appeal is expedited under article 5 of the 2006 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1788/article/7",
    "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."
}