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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-court-martial-prosecution-appeals-order-2009/article-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111481455",
  "legislation_title": "The Court Martial (Prosecution Appeals) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-court-martial-prosecution-appeals-order-2009",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Request for adjournment",
  "text": "(1) A request by the Director for an adjournment under article 4(4)(b) must be made to the judge advocate immediately following the making of a ruling to which article 4 refers.\n(2) The judge advocate shall grant the request unless he considers it is in the interests of justice for the Director to indicate immediately whether or not he intends to seek leave to appeal.\n(3) The adjournment shall be until the next court day after the day on which the ruling was given, unless the judge advocate considers that the interests of justice require a longer adjournment.\n(4) Subject to article 21(7) and (8), as soon as is reasonably practicable after the Director informs the judge advocate that he intends to seek leave to appeal or requests an adjournment to consider whether to do so, the court administration officer shall provide a transcript of the ruling which is the subject of the proposed appeal to—\n(a) the Director;\n(b) the accused; and\n(c) any interested party.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111481455/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:56:58.372851+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."
}