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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-retrial-for-serious-offences-order-2013/article-31",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111100653",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Retrial for Serious Offences) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-retrial-for-serious-offences-order-2013",
  "path": "article/31",
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  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Abandonment of the application",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) On receiving notice of abandonment the registrar must—\n(a) date it;\n(b) serve a dated copy on the prosecuting officer and the acquitted person; and\n(c) treat the application as if it had been refused or dismissed by the Court Martial Appeal Court.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111100653/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:15:24.795033+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."
}