Rule 27(2)
1. Section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 shall have effect in relation to proceedings before the court subject to the modifications specified in the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule.
2. In subsection (2)—
(a)in paragraph (c), after the word “proceedings” there shall be inserted—
“and the court administration officer”; and
(b)in paragraph (d), for the words “solicitors” there shall be substituted the words “legal representatives”.
3. For subsection (5) there shall be substituted—
“(5) An application under subsection (4)(b) above to the summary appeal court may be made before the hearing of the appeal and on any such application the powers of the court shall be exercised by a judge advocate sitting alone.”.
4. For subsection (8) there shall be substituted—
“(8) A document required by this section to be served on any person may be served—
(a)by delivering it to him;
(b)by addressing it to him and leaving it at the address of his unit;
(c)by sending it by post addressed to him at the address of his unit;
(d)in the case of a person bringing an appeal under section 52FK of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, by serving it on—
(i)his legal representative; or
(ii)where he is subject to that Act, his commanding officer,
in any of the ways provided by paragraphs (a) to (c) above.”.
5. After subsection (8), there shall be inserted—
“(9) Where the person to be served is not subject to the Naval Discipline Act 1957, any reference in subsection (8) above to the address of his unit shall have effect as a reference to his usual or last known place of residence.
(10) Where a document is received by the commanding officer of a person bringing an appeal in accordance with subsection (8)(d) above, he shall deliver it (or cause it to be delivered) to that person as soon as practicable.
(11) For the purposes of subsection (2)(d) above, a document served on the commanding officer of a person bringing an appeal under section 52FK of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 shall not be treated as having been served on that person until it is delivered to him by his commanding officer.
(12) In this section—
“commanding officer”, in relation to any person, means the officer in command of the ship, naval establishment or unit to which that person belongs;
“the court administration officer” means the person appointed to that office under section 52FF of the Naval Discipline Act 1957;
“judge advocate” means a judge advocate appointed under section 52FG of the Naval Discipline Act 1957; and
“the summary appeal court” means the summary appeal court established under section 52FF of the Naval Discipline Act 1957.”.
6. Sections 10 and 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 shall have effect in relation to proceedings before the court subject to the modifications specified in the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule.
7. In section 10(1), for the words “prosecutor or defendant” there shall be substituted the words “respondent or appellant”.
8. In section 10(2)—
(a)for the words “a defendant”, wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “the appellant”;
(b)for the words “counsel or solicitor”, wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “legal representative”; and
in paragraph (e), for the words “the trial” there shall be substituted the words “the hearing of the appeal”.
9. In section 11, for the word “defendant”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted the word “appellant”.
10. In section 11(1), for the words “On a trial on indictment the defendant” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to subsection (1A) below, on the hearing of an appeal under section 52FK of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 the appellant”.
11. After section 11(1), there shall be inserted—
“(1A) Subsection (1) shall not apply where the appellant adduced evidence of an alibi in the proceedings under section 52D of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 to which the appeal relates, and the particulars of the alibi raised in those proceedings are substantially the same as those which he would be required to include in the notice of alibi under subsection (1) above.”.
12. In section 11(2), for the word “trial” there shall be substituted the word “hearing”.
13. In section 11(3), for the words from “in accordance with” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted—
“in accordance with rules made under section 52FP of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 of the requirements of this section”.
14. In section 11(5), for the word “solicitor” there shall be substituted the words “legal representative”.
15. For section 11(6) there shall be substituted—
“(6) Any notice under this section shall be given in writing to the respondent.”.
16. Section 11(7) shall be omitted.
17. In section 11(8), for the definition of “the prescribed period” there shall be substituted—
““the prescribed period” means the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the respondent’s papers are served on the appellant in accordance with rules made under section 52FP of the Naval Discipline Act 1957”.
18. In relation to proceedings on an appeal under section 52FK of the Act—
(a)Parts VII and VIII shall have effect as if any reference to proceedings included a reference to the proceedings on the appeal;
(b)Section 74 shall have effect as if any reference to the accused included a reference to the appellant;
(c)sections 76 and 78(1) shall have effect as if—
(i)any reference to an accused person included a reference to the appellant; and
(ii)any reference to the prosecution included a reference to the respondent;
(d)section 77 shall not have effect;
(e)section 79 shall have effect as if any reference to the defence or the accused included a reference to the appellant;
(f)section 80 shall have effect as if—
(i)any reference to the accused included a reference to the appellant;
(ii)any reference to the prosecution included a reference to the respondent; and
(iii)any reference to a person jointly charged with the accused included a reference to any person whose appeal under section 52FK of the Act is being heard by the court at the same time as the appellant’s appeal; and
(g)section 81 shall not have effect.