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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-2009/article-8",
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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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Disclosure by accused: time limits",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and articles 9, 10 and 11, the accused must give a defence statement during the period of 28 days beginning with the day immediately after the day on which the Director complies, or purports to comply, with article 4.\n(2) If, at the start of the period referred to in paragraph (1)—\n(a) the accused has applied for the grant of legal aid in respect of his trial or appeal, and\n(b) that application has not been determined,\nthen paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the period referred to in that paragraph begins with the day immediately after the day on which that application is determined.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}