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| Short title and chapter | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|
| The Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (c. 36) | In section 6(1), the words “and disciplinary courts”. |
| The Army Act 1955 (c. 18) | In section 57(3), the words “or disciplinary court”. |
| The Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19) | In section 57(3), the words “or disciplinary court”. |
| The Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53) | In section 38(2), the words “and to a disciplinary court”. Section 52C(5). Section 52G. Section 65(4). Section 70(7). In section 73, the words “and disciplinary courts”. In section 76(6)(a), the words “or disciplinary court”. In section 77(1), the words “or disciplinary court”. In section 95(2), the words “and to disciplinary courts”. In section 129(1), the words “or disciplinary court”, in both places where they occur. In Schedule 5, in the entries relating to section 57 of the Army Act 1955 and section 57 of the Air Force Act 1955, the words from “after the word” to “court”, and”. |
| The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20) | In section 57(1), in the definition of “naval court-martial”, the words “, and includes a disciplinary court”. |
| The Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c. 64) | In section 11(6), the words from “or a disciplinary” to “Act of 1957”. |
| The Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 36 (N.I.)) | In section 7(6), the words from “or a disciplinary” to “Act of 1957” and the words “disciplinary court”. |
| The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) | In section 67(12)(a), the words from “or a disciplinary” to “1957”. In section 82(1), in the definition of “court-martial”, the words from “or a disciplinary” to “Act of 1957”. In section 113(11)(a), the words from “or a disciplinary” to “Act of 1957”. |
| The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) | In section 146, the words from “disciplinary” to “1957,”. In Schedule 13, in paragraph 1, in paragraph (b) of the definition of “Service courts”, the words from “and disciplinary” to “that Act” and in paragraph 7(b) the words from “or disciplinary” to “that Act”. |
| The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) | In Article 66(11)(a), the words from “or a disciplinary” to “1957”. In Article 70(2)(b), head (ii) and the word “or” immediately preceding it. |
| The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) | Section 39(2)(g). |
| The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (c. 22) | In section 54(9), in the definition of “criminal proceedings”, the words from “or a disciplinary” to “1957 Act”. |
| The Armed Forces Act 1996 (c. 46) | In section 11(4), paragraph (b) of the definition of “service disciplinary proceedings”. In Schedule 1, paragraphs 100, 105, 108, 109(2)(c) and (4)(a) and 111. |
| The Police Act 1997 (c. 50) | In section 108(1), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “criminal proceedings” the words from “or a disciplinary” to “Act of 1957”. |
| The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23) | In section 63(1), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “service court”, the words from “or a disciplinary” to the end. |
| The Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) | In section 101(9), in the definition of “criminal proceedings”, the words from “or a disciplinary” to “1957 Act”. |
| The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) | In section 81(4)(a), sub-paragraph (ii) and the word “or” immediately preceding it. |
| The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) | In section 29(5), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “criminal proceedings”, the words from “or a disciplinary” to “of 1957”. |
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