# The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009, Paragraph 170: Interpretation


(1) In this Schedule—
“AA 1955” means the Army Act 1955;
“AFA 1955” means the Air Force Act 1955;
“the Army Rules” means the Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 2007;
“commencement” means the time at which these Rules come into force;
“court-martial rules” means the RN Rules, the Army Rules and the RAF Rules (or any of them);
“NDA 1957” means the Naval Discipline Act 1957;
“preliminary hearing” means a preliminary hearing held under court-martial rules;
“the RAF Rules” means the Courts-Martial (Royal Air Force) Rules 2007;
“the RN Rules” means the Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 2007;
“the SDAs” means AA 1955, AFA 1955 and NDA 1957;
“SDA compensation order” means a compensation order under paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 5A to AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or of Schedule 4A to NDA 1957;
“SDA offence” means any of the following—
(a) any offence under Part 2 of AA 1955 or AFA 1955;
(b) any offence under Part 1 of NDA 1957;
(c) an offence under section 47K of that Act;
(d) an offence under section 18 or 20 of the Armed Forces Act 1991 committed before commencement;
(e) an offence under any of sections 95 to 97 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 committed before commencement;
(f) an offence under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to that Act committed before commencement by a person within sub-paragraph (2) below;
“stoppages” has the same meaning as in AA 1955, AFA 1955 or NDA 1957 (as the case may be).
(2) A person is within this sub-paragraph if—
(a) after committing the offence and before commencement, he became a member of a reserve force and—
(i) he remained such a member until commencement; or
(ii) immediately before commencement, he was subject to military law, air-force law or NDA 1957; or
(b) after commencement, he becomes a member of the reserve forces.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111479216/schedule/2/paragraph/170 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-170
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