Article 22 Notification of the time and place for the hearing of an appeal

(1)

The court administration officer shall give notice in writing of the time which has been fixed for the hearing of an appeal to begin, and the place where the court is to sit, to—

(a)

the appellant;

(b)

the appellant’s commanding officer;

(c)

the respondent;

(d)

the Judge Advocate General; and

(e)

the persons referred to in paragraph (3).

(2)

The court administration officer shall consult the Judge Advocate General before specifying the time and place for the hearing of an appeal.

(3)

Any notice given under paragraph (1) shall include the relevant particulars of—

(a)

the persons (other than the judge advocate) specified to sit as members of the court for the purposes of hearing the appeal; and

(b)

the person who has been specified as the waiting member in accordance with rule 25.

(4)

If, having notified a person in accordance with paragraph (1), the court administration officer—

(a)

changes the time or place for the hearing of the appeal; or

(b)

specifies a person to sit as a member of the court, or to be a waiting member, in place of one of the persons already notified to that person,

he shall notify the person of that fact and, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (b), of the relevant particulars of the person concerned.

(5)

In this rule, any reference to the relevant particulars of a person are—

(a)

in the case of an officer who is subject to military law, to his name, rank and regiment or corps;

(b)

in the case of an officer who is subject to the Naval Discipline Act 1957^f1, to his name, rank and (as the case may be) ship, naval establishment or unit;

(c)

in the case of an officer who is subject to air-force law, to his name, rank and unit;

(d)

in any other case, to his name and the position held by him in the service of the Crown.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1957 c. 53.