4U.K.The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
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I1Sch. 14 para. 4 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 80
5U.K.In section 50(2) (jurisdiction of the Court Martial: service offences), after paragraph (f) insert—
“(fa)an offence under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2A (offences committed by a lay member of the Court Martial);
(fb)an offence under paragraph 5 of that Schedule (disclosing information about members' deliberations etc) committed by a person described in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph;”.
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I2Sch. 14 para. 5 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 80
6U.K.In section 51(3) (jurisdiction of the Service Civilian Court: excluded offences), after paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)an offence under paragraph 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2A (offences relating to members of the Court Martial);”.
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I3Sch. 14 para. 6 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 80
7U.K.In section 373 (orders, regulations and rules), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)The powers conferred by paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 2A on the Lord Chancellor to make regulations are exercisable by statutory instrument.”
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I4Sch. 14 para. 7 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 80
8U.K.In Schedule 2 (offences required to be referred to a service police force or the Director of Service Prosecutions under sections 113 and 116), at the end insert—
“14An offence under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2A (lay member of the Court Martial engaging in prohibited conduct).
15An offence under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2A (disclosing information about the deliberations of members of the Court Martial) committed by a person described in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph.”
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I5Sch. 14 para. 8 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 80
9U.K.The reference in section 286(4) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (hearing by the Court Martial of appeals from Service Civilian Court) to Part 7 of that Act includes the provisions inserted in that Part by this Schedule.
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I6Sch. 14 para. 9 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 80