{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-act-2006-consequential-amendments-order-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-act-2006-consequential-amendments-order-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111480052",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-act-2006-consequential-amendments-order-2009",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968",
  "text": "(1) The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 10(1) (convictions as evidence in civil proceedings) for “by a court-martial there or elsewhere” is substituted “of a service offence (anywhere)”.\n(3) In section 10(2) for “by a court-martial there or elsewhere” is substituted “of a service offence”.\n(4) In section 10(5) after paragraph (a) is inserted—\n“(aa) section 187 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (which makes similar provision in respect of service convictions);”\n(5) For section 10(6) is substituted—\n“(6) In this section—\n“service offence” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006;\n“conviction” includes anything that under section 376(1) and (2) of that Act is to be treated as a conviction, and “convicted” is to be read accordingly.”\n(6) In section 12(3) (conclusiveness of convictions for the purposes of defamation actions) for “by a court martial there or elsewhere” is substituted “(in the case of a service offence) a conviction (anywhere) of that service offence”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111480052/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:57:18.974101+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."
}