{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-2007/rule-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-2007/rule-85.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3443",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-2007",
  "path": "rule/85",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "The petition",
  "text": "(1) The period within which an accused may present a petition against finding or sentence or both in accordance with section 70(1) of the Act shall be 28 days following the day on which sentence is announced.\n(2) A petition presented in accordance with section 70(1) of the Act shall be in writing and signed by the accused, or on his behalf by his legal representative.\n(3) A petition addressed to the Defence Council shall be treated as having been presented to the Defence Council if it is presented by the petitioner—\n(a) to the court administration officer; or\n(b) where the petitioner is—\n(i) in custody or detention in any civil prison or institution, to the governor of the prison or institution;\n(ii) detained in any military or air force establishment or in naval detention quarters, to the commandant of the establishment or quarters.\n(4) A person to whom a petition is presented under paragraph (3)(b) shall transmit it to the court administration officer immediately upon receipt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3443/rule/85",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:02.316858+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."
}