Article 21 Status of members of the court-martial

Members shall sit in the confirmed rank they hold in Her Majesty’s naval forces, notwithstanding that they may have been appointed to a ship in a superior rank; but Commodores shall sit as Commodores and rank above all Captains and sit with other Commodores according to their seniority as Captains.

Officers on the Retired or Emergency Lists of the Royal Navy if on full pay, shall sit at courts-martial in the order in which they take rank and command; but if holding acting rank thay shall sit in the order in which they would have taken rank and command if they had not been granted acting rank.