# The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 1997, Article 22: Convening a hearing for directions


(1) The judge advocate may request the court administration officer to convene a hearing for the purpose of giving directions—
(a) of his own motion; or
(b) on the application of the prosecutor or accused for such a hearing;
and such a hearing shall in these Rules be referred to as a hearing for directions.
(2) An application for a hearing for directions shall—
(a) be made to the judge advocate in the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules; and
(b) specify the reason for which it is made.
(3) The applicant shall serve notice in writing of the application on every other party to the proceedings and the court administration officer.
(4) Before requesting the court administration officer to convene a hearing for directions, the judge advocate shall afford each party to the proceedings the opportunity of making written representations to him.
(5) Paragraph (4) above shall not oblige the judge advocate to afford any party the opportunity of making representations where it appears to him that it would be impracticable to do so, or would cause unnecessary delay.
(6) On receipt of a request from the judge advocate under paragraph (1) above, the court administration officer shall—
(a) appoint the date, time and place at which the hearing for directions will take place;
(b) issue a notice in writing of the date, time and place appointed;
(c) list in the notice such of the matters contained in Schedule 3 to these Rules to be addressed at the hearing as the judge advocate may request;
(d) serve the notice on the parties to the proceedings;
(e) arrange for the attendance at the hearing of a clerk and a court recorder.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/170/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-22
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