Armed Forces Act 2006

Armed Forces Act 2001 (c. 19)

193 (1) Section 27 of that Act (costs against legal representatives) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) for the words from the beginning to “may disallow” substitute

“In any proceedings before—

(a) the Court Martial,

(b) the Summary Appeal Court,

(c) the Service Civilian Court, or

(d) the Court Martial Appeal Court,

the court may disallow”.

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (a) for the words from “a court-martial” to the end substitute “the Court Martial under subsection (1) may appeal to the Court Martial Appeal Court;”;

(b) in paragraph (b) for “a summary appeal court or a Standing Civilian Court” substitute “the Summary Appeal Court or the Service Civilian Court”.

(4) In subsection (3), in the definition of “legal or other representative” for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) a person appointed under section 365 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (prosecuting officers);”.