{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-court-martial-prosecution-appeals-order-2009/article-16",
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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/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Application to the judge advocate for leave to appeal",
  "text": "(1) The Director must inform the judge advocate immediately after the ruling or the adjournment if he intends to seek leave to appeal against a ruling and at the same time he may apply orally for leave to appeal.\n(2) Before deciding whether or not to grant leave to appeal, the judge advocate shall hear oral representations from the accused.\n(3) The judge advocate shall decide whether or not to give leave to appeal on the same day on which an oral application for leave to appeal is made to that judge advocate.\n(4) The judge advocate may extend the period under paragraph (3) only if he considers it is in the interests of justice to do so.\n(5) If the judge advocate gives leave to appeal he must issue a written certificate that he has done so and the court administration officer must forward that certificate to the registrar.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111481455/article/16",
    "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."
}