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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-army-and-royal-air-force-evidence-rules-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2889",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force) (Evidence) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-army-and-royal-air-force-evidence-rules-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the SI of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument\ndefence\nMade 30th October 2006\nLaid before Parliament 6th November 2006\nComing into force 6th December 2006\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 103 of the Army Act 1955, section 103 of the Air Force Act 1955, section 58 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, and sections 20(6), 37(5), 38(6), 43(3) and 65(1) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, makes the following Rules:",
  "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": "1999 c. 23; Chapters 1 to 5 of Part 2, and sections 62, 63 and 65, apply to proceedings before courts-martial subject to the modifications specified in the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Application to Courts-Martial) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2886)."
    }
  ],
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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."
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