SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16Minor and consequential amendments

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

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1

Schedule 6 to that Act (modifications for armed forces of provisions about evidence of bad character) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 3—

a

in sub-paragraph (1) for “courts-martial” substitute “ the Court Martial ”;

b

in sub-paragraph (2)—

i

in paragraph (a) for “judge and jury” substitute “ a judge and jury ”;

ii

also in paragraph (a) for “court-martial” substitute “ the Court Martial ”;

iii

in paragraph (c) for “dissolve” substitute “ discharge ”;

c

in sub-paragraph (4)—

i

in the paragraph substituted by paragraph (a), for the words from “section 115B(2) of the Army” to “1957” substitute “ section 167 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 ”;

ii

in paragraph (c) for “dissolve” substitute “ discharge ”;

d

in the subsection substituted by sub-paragraph (5), for “dissolve” substitute “ discharge ”.

3

In the subsection substituted by paragraph 4 of that Schedule—

a

in paragraph (a) for “a court-martial” substitute “ the Court Martial ”;

b

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

4

For paragraph 6 substitute—

6

In this Schedule “service court” means—

a

the Court Martial;

b

the Summary Appeal Court;

c

the Service Civilian Court; or

d

the Court Martial Appeal Court.