{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/summary-appeal-courts-warrant-officers-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/summary-appeal-courts-warrant-officers-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1937",
  "legislation_title": "The Summary Appeal Courts (Warrant Officers) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/summary-appeal-courts-warrant-officers-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the air-force court” means the court established by section 83ZA of the Air Force Act 1955;\n“air-force warrant officer” means a warrant officer belonging to Her Majesty’s air forces and subject to air-force law;\n“the court administration officer” means—\n(a) in relation to the military court, the person appointed under section 83ZA(4) of the Army Act 1955;\n(b) in relation to the air-force court, the person appointed under section 83ZA(4) of the Air Force Act 1955; and\n(c) in relation to the naval court, the person appointed under section 52FF(4) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957;\n“the courts” means the military court, the air-force court and the naval court;\n“Her Majesty’s air forces” and “Her Majesty’s military forces” include forces raised under the law of a British overseas territory but do not include the forces of any Commonwealth country;\n“Her Majesty’s naval forces” includes forces raised under the law of a British overseas territory and the forces of a Commonwealth country;\n“the military court” means the court established by section 83ZA of the Army Act 1955;\n“military warrant officer” means a warrant officer belonging to Her Majesty’s military forces and subject to military law;\n“the naval court” means the court established by section 52FF of the Naval Discipline Act 1957;\n“naval warrant officer” means a warrant officer belonging to Her Majesty’s naval forces and subject to the Naval Discipline Act 1957; and\n“service policeman” means a member of the Royal Navy Regulating Branch, the Royal Marines Police, the Royal Military Police or the Royal Air Force Police.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/1861",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Police Amendments) Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1937/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:21:36.048780+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."
}