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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-2009/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/988",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-2009",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Disclosure of material by the Director to the accused by sending it to his commanding officer",
  "text": "(1) This article applies if the accused is a person subject to service law or a civilian subject to service discipline.\n(2) For the purposes of articles 4 and 5, the Director may send any material or written statement or document to the accused’s commanding officer.\n(3) On receipt of any material, written statement or document sent to him in accordance with paragraph (2) above, the accused’s commanding officer must—\n(a) ensure that the accused receives it as soon as practicable; and\n(b) as soon as practicable after the accused has received it, notify the Director in writing of the date on which the accused received it.\n(4) Where the Director acts under paragraph (2) for the purposes of article 4, for the purposes of this Order the date on which the Director complies with that article or purports to comply with it shall be the date on which the accused received from his commanding officer the material disclosed, or the statement or document given, by the Director.\n(5) In this article, “commanding officer” means the commanding officer of the accused as determined by or under regulations made by the Defence Council under section 360 of the 2006 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/988/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:13:05.484921+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."
}