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The Courts-Martial (Amendment) Rules 2008
Made
27th June 2008
Laid before Parliament
1st July 2008
Coming into force
21st July 2008
1. These Rules may be cited as the Courts-Martial (Amendment) Rules 2008 and shall come into force on 21st July 2008.
2. In the Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 2007(4) omit rules 8 and 16.
3. In the Courts-Martial (Royal Air Force) Rules 2007(5) omit rules 8 and 16.
4. In the Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 2007(6) omit rules 6 and 13.
Derek Twigg
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence
27th June 2008
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
Where a person charged with an offence elects to be tried by court-martial, under section 83BB(1) of the Army Act 1955, section 83BB(1) of the Air Force Act 1955 or section 52II(1) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (as the case may be) the prosecuting authority may refer a different charge back to the accused´s commanding officer. Court-martial rules modify those subsections in cases where the accused elected on more than one charge. Those subsections are repealed by the Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1694), and the rules that modify them are revoked by these Rules.