Article 31 Abandonment of the application
(1)
An application under article 8(1) may be abandoned by the prosecuting officer before the hearing of that application by serving notice of abandonment in the form set out as Form 7 in Schedule 2 on the registrar and the acquitted person.
(2)
On receiving notice of abandonment the registrar must—
(a)
date it;
(b)
serve a dated copy on the prosecuting officer and the acquitted person; and
(c)
treat the application as if it had been refused or dismissed by the Court Martial Appeal Court.