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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-courts-martial-prosecution-appeals-order-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110746058",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Prosecution Appeals) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-courts-martial-prosecution-appeals-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1955 Acts” means the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955;\n“the 1957 Act” means the Naval Discipline Act 1957;\n“the 1968 Act” means the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968;\n“the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;\n“charge” means a charge preferred by the prosecuting authority under section 83B of the 1955 Acts or section 52I of the 1957 Act;\n“court-martial” means a court-martial convened under section 84C of the 1955 Acts or under section 53C of the 1957 Act;\n“the judge advocate” means—\n(i) in the case of a court-martial convened under either of the 1955 Acts, the judge advocate appointed by or on behalf of the Judge Advocate General to be a member of the court-martial; or\n(ii) in the case of a court-martial convened under the 1957 Act, the judge advocate appointed by or on behalf of the Judge Advocate of Her Majesty’s Fleet;\n“ruling” includes a decision, determination, direction, finding, notice, order, refusal, rejection or requirement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1955 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1955 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1957 c. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1968 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2003 c 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 84(B)(1) of the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 53B(1) of the 1957 Act as amended by the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (Remedial) Order 2004, S.I. 2004/66."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110746058/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:05.403286+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."
}