The Armed Forces (Service Inquiries) Regulations 2008

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;

“convening authority” means a person appointed in accordance with regulation 3 as convening authority in relation to a matter or a category of matters;

“convening order” means an order given by the convening authority to convene a service inquiry panel;

“Crown servant” means a person employed by or in the service of the Government of the United Kingdom;

“document” includes information recorded in any form, and see paragraph (2);

“legal representative” means a person who—

(a)

has a general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990(1);

(b)

is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland;

(c)

is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland; or

(d)

has in any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a Commonwealth country or a British overseas territory rights and duties similar to those of a barrister or solicitor in England and Wales, and is subject to punishment or disability for breach of professional rules;

“live television link” means arrangement by which a person (when not in the place where the proceedings of a service inquiry panel are being conducted) is able to see and hear, and to be seen and be heard by, the panel (and for this purpose any impairment of eyesight or hearing is to be disregarded;

“president” means, in relation to a service inquiry panel, the president of the panel;

“senior non-commissioned officer” means a non-commissioned officer who is of or above the rate or rank of petty officer, sergeant or equivalent rank;

“service court” means, subject to regulation 20 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 3, any of the Summary Appeal Court, the Court Martial, the Service Civilian Court and the Court Martial Appeal Court;

“service inquiry” means an inquiry referred to in section 343 of the Act;

“service inquiry panel” has the same meaning as in section 343 of the Act, and “panel” shall be construed accordingly;

“summary hearing” means, subject to regulation 20 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3, a summary hearing under section 131 of the Act;

“terms of reference” means, in relation to a service inquiry, its terms of reference, as provided for it under regulation 7(2) or as subsequently amended under regulation 7(3); and

“witness notice” means a witness notice issued under regulation 13(1).

(2) References in these Regulations to producing or providing a document, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, are to be read as producing or providing a copy of the information in a legible form.

(1)

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