36(1)Section 47M of the 1957 Act (judicial officers) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2) the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) is omitted and at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted— “or
(c)immediately before his appointment, he holds a relevant judicial appointment in any Commonwealth country or colony and has professional or educational qualifications in law which appear to the Chief Naval Judge Advocate to be appropriate.”
(3)After that subsection there is inserted—
“(3)In subsection (2)(c), “relevant judicial appointment”, in relation to a Commonwealth country or colony, means an appointment by virtue of which he is capable of exercising, in criminal proceedings in that country or colony, functions similar to the functions exercisable, in criminal proceedings in England and Wales, by a judge of the Supreme Court, a Circuit judge or a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts).”