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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991/article-30",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2737",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval Courts-Martial General Orders (Royal Navy) 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991",
  "path": "article/30",
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  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Application to sever charges",
  "text": "When the accused, or one or more of the several accused, is charged with more than one offence and the defence submits that the fair trial of the accused may be prejudiced if the charges are not severed, the judge advocate shall hear the arguments in the absence of the court and shall then as a matter of law decide whether the court should–\n(a) try all the charges together; or\n(b) try a charge or charges separately from another or others; or\n(c) leave a charge or charges to be tried by a new court.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2737/article/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:33:13.386859+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."
}