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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-8",
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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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Notifying the court administration officer",
  "text": "(1) The prosecutor shall notify the court administration officer of any charge which he has preferred by sending to him a copy of the prosecution papers.\n(2) On receipt of a copy of the prosecution papers from the prosecutor, the court administration officer shall send—\n(a) to the commanding officer of the accused—\n(i) a statement explaining the opportunities available to an accused for legal assistance, and\n(ii) a statement explaining the rights of an accused facing court-martial trial;\n(b) to the Chief Naval Judge Advocate, a copy of the prosecution papers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/66",
      "affecting_title": "The Naval Discipline Act 1957 (Remedial) Order 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/170/article/8",
    "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."
}