PART 15APPEALS AND REFERENCES TO THE COURT MARTIAL APPEAL COURT

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1

In section 25A(1) of CMAA 1968 (appeal against hospital order etc) the reference to the Court Martial includes a court-martial.

2

For the purposes of that subsection as it applies in relation to an order made by a court-martial, the reference in section 25A(2) of CMAA 1968 to a service supervision order is to be read as a reference to a supervision order.

3

In relation to an appeal under section 25A of CMAA 1968 by virtue of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, references in section 25B(1) of that Act to the Court Martial are to be read as references to the court-martial.

4

For the purposes of section 25B(1) of CMAA 1968 (disposal of appeal against hospital order etc) as modified by paragraph (3) above, the court-martial shall be regarded as having had power to make a service supervision order (as defined by section 170 of AFA 2006) if it had power to make a supervision order.

5

In section 25B(4) of CMAA 1968, the reference to a service supervision order includes a supervision order.

6

In this article, “supervision order” has the meaning given by section 116A(6) of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 63A(6) of NDA 1957, as the case may be.