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  • s. 1(4) restricted by 2006 c. 52, s. 304D(12) (as inserted) by 2016 c. 21 s. 10
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  • s. 8(1A) text amended by 2001 c. 19 Sch. 6 para. 55(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 6 para. 55 repealed (31.10.2009) without ever being in force by 2006 c. 52, Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4)
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  • s. 56 repealed by 2011 c. 18 s. 23(2) Sch. 5

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SCHEDULES

Section 20

[F1SCHEDULE 1U.K.Provisions as to Retrial

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 54; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

1U.K.This Schedule applies where an order under section 19 is made authorising the retrial of a person.

2U.K.Evidence given at the retrial must be given orally if it was given orally at the original trial, unless—

(a)all parties to the retrial agree otherwise;

(b)section 116 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies (admissibility of hearsay evidence where a witness is unavailable); or

(c)the witness is unavailable to give evidence, otherwise than as mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, and section 114(1)(d) of that Act applies (admission of hearsay evidence under residual discretion).

3U.K.If the person is convicted on the retrial, the Court Martial may not pass a sentence that is (or sentences that, taken together, are) more severe than the sentence (or the sentences, taken together) passed at the original trial.

4U.K.In sections 246 and 247 of the 2006 Act (crediting of time in service custody) as they apply in relation to the retrial, references to the offender being kept in service custody include references to his being kept in custody (whether service or otherwise) in pursuance of a sentence passed at the original trial.]

Section 55.

F2SCHEDULE 2U.K. Procedural and other Modifications for Capital Cases

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Textual Amendments

Section 56.

F3SCHEDULE 3U.K. Modifications in Relation to Prisoners of War

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Textual Amendments

F3Sch. 3 repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 55, Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

Section 58.

F4SCHEDULE 4U.K. Consequential Amendment of Enactments

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Textual Amendments

F4Sch. 4 repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 56, Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

Section 59.

SCHEDULE 5U.K. Transistional Provisions

1(1)Any right of appeal subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Act by virtue of an enactment repealed thereby shall after that commencement be treated as subsisting by virtue of the corresponding enactment in this Act.U.K.

(2)Any appeal or application pending before the said commencement under an enactment so repealed may be presented and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this Act corresponding to those in force immediately before the said commencement and applicable to the appeal or application.

2(1)In so far as any order, appointment, rule or regulation made, petition presented, direction given or other thing done under an enactment repealed by this Act could have been made, presented, given or done under a corresponding provision of this Act, it shall not be invalidated by the repeal of that enactment but shall have effect as if made, presented, given or done under that corresponding provision.U.K.

(2)Any document referring to an enactment repealed by this Act shall, so far as may be necessary for preserving its effect, be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to the corresponding enactment in this Act.

3U.K.The mention of particular matters in this Schedule shall not be taken to affect the general application of section 38 of the M1Interpretation Act 1889 with regard to the effect of repeal

Marginal Citations

Section 60.

SCHEDULE 6U.K. Repeals

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of ss. 58, 60, Sch. 6 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

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