The Armed Forces (Conditional Release from Custody) Order 2009

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1955 Acts” means the Army Act 1955(1) and the Air Force Act 1955(2);

“the 1957 Act” means the Naval Discipline Act 1957(3);

“the 1994 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994(4);

“the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006(5);

“bail” means release from custody subject to conditions, and “released on bail” and other cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

“child” means a person under the age of fourteen;

“court administration officer” means the officer appointed under section 363(2) of the 2006 Act;

“court-martial” means a court-martial constituted under either of the 1955 Acts or the 1957 Act;

“custodian” means the governor, keeper or commandant of the prison or other place of detention in which the person to be granted bail is detained;

“Director of Service Prosecutions” means the person appointed under section 364 of the 2006 Act;

“judge advocate” has the same meaning as in section 362 of the 2006 Act;

“surrender to custody” means, in relation to a person who has been granted bail, surrendering himself to the custody of a court or person (according to the requirements of the grant of bail) at the time and place for the time being appointed for him to do so;

“vary”, in relation to bail, means imposing further conditions after bail is granted, or varying or rescinding conditions; and

“young person” means (except in article 4) a person who has attained the age of fourteen but is under the age of seventeen.

(1)

1955 c. 18.

(2)

1955 c. 19.

(3)

1957 c. 53.

(4)

1994 c. 33.

(5)

2006 c. 52.