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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/170",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/26",
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  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Challenges and oaths at a pre-trial hearing",
  "text": "(1) Where a pre-trial hearing takes place, rules 31 and 33 below shall be complied with so far as is necessary at the beginning of the pre-trial hearing, except that—\n(a) the accused may not state his objection to any member of the court other than the judge advocate; and\n(b) the judge advocate shall not administer an oath or affirmation to any member of the court;\nuntil after the full court has assembled.\n(2) Where paragraph (1) above applies, the order of events set out in rules 31 and 33 below in respect of court members not present at the pre-trial hearing shall be modified accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/170/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:05.922918+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."
}