{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Notifying the accused’s commanding officer",
  "text": "(1) Where the prosecutor has preferred a charge against an accused to be tried by court-martial, the prosecutor shall notify the commanding officer of the accused of the charge by sending to the commanding officer the prosecution papers.\n(2) In these Rules, “the prosecution papers” means—\n(a) a copy of the charge sheet;\n(b) a statement of the prosecution case;\n(c) a list of any witnesses whom the prosecutor proposes to call and copies of their statements;\n(d) a list of any exhibits which the prosecutor proposes to put in evidence and copies of those exhibits or details of their whereabouts;\n(e) notice of any additional evidence which the prosecutor intends to adduce;\n(f) a record of any previous convictions of—\n(i) the accused; and\n(ii) all witnesses to be called by the prosecutor; and\n(g) a list of all unused material.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/170/article/7",
    "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."
}