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2.—(1) In these Rules—
“the Act” means the Naval Discipline Act 1957;
“commanding officer”, in relation to any person, means—
where the person is subject to the Act, the officer in command of the ship, naval establishment or unit to which that person belongs;
where the person has ceased to be subject to the Act, the officer in command of the ship, naval establishment or unit to which that person belonged immediately before he ceased to be subject to the Act;
where the person was tried and punished for the offence to which the appeal or proposed appeal relates because at the material time he was a person to whom Parts I and II of the Act applied by virtue of section 117 or 118 of the Act, the officer who tried and punished him for that offence.
“the court” means the summary appeal court established under section 52FF of the Act;
“the court administration officer” means the person appointed to be the court administration officer for the court in accordance with section 52FF of the Act;
“judge advocate” means a judge advocate appointed under section 52FG of the Act;
“the judge advocate”, in relation to the hearing of an appeal under section 52FK of the Act, means the judge advocate specified to hear the appeal in accordance with section 52FJ(1)(a) and (3) of the Act;
“proper address”, in relation to any person, shall be construed in accordance with rule 3(2) and Schedule 1.
(2) Where these Rules provide for the jurisdiction of the court to be exercised by a judge advocate sitting alone, the judge advocate who is to exercise the jurisdiction of the court in a particular case shall be specified by or on behalf of the Chief Naval Judge Advocate.
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