{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application of the Act",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall apply to the proceedings to which this Order applies, subject to the modifications specified in column 2 of that Schedule.\n(2) This Order applies—\n(a) to proceedings whereby a charge is summarily tried under Part II of the Naval Discipline Act 1957;\n(b) to proceedings before a court-martial constituted under the Army Act 1955;\n(c) to proceedings before a court-martial constituted under the Air Force Act 1955;\n(d) to proceedings before a court-martial constituted under the Naval Discipline Act 1957;\n(e) to proceedings before a disciplinary court constituted under the Naval Discipline Act 1957;\n(f) to proceedings before the Courts-Martial Appeal Court;\n(g) to proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court;\nand it applies wherever the proceedings take place.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1957 c. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1955 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1955 c. 19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/16/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:11.760400+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."
}