{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-procedure-army-amendment-rules-1996/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-procedure-army-amendment-rules-1996/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1388",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of Procedure (Army) (Amendment) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-procedure-army-amendment-rules-1996",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Rule 22(1)—\n(a) for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—\n“(i) send to the president the convening order and, in any case in which a judge advocate has not been appointed—\n(i) the first charge-sheet together with a copy of the summary or abstract of evidence from which any evidence which, in the opinion of the convening officer would be inadmissible under the Act at the court-martial, has been expurgated; and\n(ii) the second and any subsequent charge-sheets together with a copy thereof for each member, waiting member and officer under instruction;”;\n(b) for sub-paragraph (j) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—\n“(j) in any case in which a judge advocate has not been appointed send to each member of the court and to each waiting member and any officer under instruction a copy of the first charge-sheet;”;\n(c) for sub-paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—\n“(1) send to the judge advocate (if any)—\n(i) the first charge-sheet together with a copy thereof for the president, each member, waiting member and officer under instruction, and a copy of the convening order;\n(ii) the second and any subsequent charge-sheets together with copies thereof for the president, each member, waiting member and officer under instruction; and\n(iii) an unexpurgated copy of the summary or abstract of evidence and copies of the service record of the accused and the particulars referred to in Rule 71(3)(c);”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1388/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:43:06.126619+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."
}