Armed Forces Act 2006

51(1)Section 57 (interpretation) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)after “unless the context otherwise requires,—” insert—

““the 2006 Act” means the Armed Forces Act 2006;”;

(b)omit the definitions of—

• “the Air Force Act”;

• “air force court-martial”;

• “the Army Act”;

• “army court-martial”;

• “court-martial”;

• “duly approved”;

• “the Judge Advocate General”;

• “judicial officer”;

• “the Naval Discipline Act”;

• “naval court-martial”;

• “restriction order”;

• “supervision order”;

(c)in the definition of “appellant” omit “has been tried by court-martial and”;

(d)after the definition of “court-martial” (omitted by virtue of sub-paragraph (b)) insert—

““Director of Service Prosecutions” has the meaning given by section 374 of the 2006 Act;”.

(3)Omit subsections (2) to (2B).

(4)In subsection (3) for the words from “the accused in the court-martial” to the end substitute “ the appellant in the Appeal Court. ”